a very large hairy spider found chiefly in tropical and subtropical America, some kinds of which are able to catch small lizards, frogs, and birds
捕鸟蛛。亦称<Bold>BIRD-EATING SPIDER</Bold>.
a large black wolf spider of southern Europe, whose bite was formerly believed to cause tarantism
塔兰图拉毒蛛。
"mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin, from Old Italian