Tarantel
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]16th century, from Italian tarantola.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Tarantel f (genitive Tarantel, plural Taranteln)
- tarantula (Lycosa tarantula, kind of wolf spider of southern Europe)
- certain other large species of wolf spider, chiefly of the genera Alopecosa, Hogna, Lycosa
- (obsolete) the disused wolf spider genus Tarentula
- (rare, nonstandard, anglicism) a New World tarantula (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
- Synonym: Vogelspinne
Declension
[edit]Declension of Tarantel [feminine]
Hypernyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Tarantel” in Duden online