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9 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
noun large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
originFrom Medieval Latin tarantula, from Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”), from Latin Tarentum (“Latin name of the town”), from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās, “Greek name of the town”), genitive Τᾰ́ρᾰντος; compare Modern Greek Τάραντας (Tárantas) and Tarantino Tarde. probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Sense 3 (“Lycosa tarantula”) is the original sense of the word,…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- tarlatan 8
- natural 7
- tantara 7
- tartana 7
- tuatara 7
- anatta 6
- antral 6
- anural 6
- ranula 6
- rattan 6
- tantra 6
- tarnal 6