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baboon spider

baboon spider noun: any of the tarantula subfamily Harpactirinae.

Noun

baboon spider (plural baboon spiders)

  1. Any of the tarantula subfamily Harpactirinae.
    • There was a spider in our hut one night […]. One of those horrible hairy baboon-spiders.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 386

Forms of baboon spider

pluralbaboon spiders

Questions about baboon spider

What does baboon spider mean?
Baboon spider means any of the tarantula subfamily Harpactirinae.
What part of speech is baboon spider?
Baboon spider is a noun.
What is the plural of baboon spider?
The plural of baboon spider is baboon spiders.

Words near baboon spider in the dictionary

  1. babooisms
  2. babool
  3. babools
  4. baboom
  5. baboon
  6. baboon spider
  7. baboon spiders
  8. baboon syndrome
  9. baboon-monkey
  10. baboon-monkeys
  11. babooneries

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