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tarantula hawk

tarantula hawk noun: a kind of spider wasp (of the family Pompilidae), with a painful sting, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from the living prey.

Noun

tarantula hawk (plural tarantula hawks)

  1. A kind of spider wasp (of the family Pompilidae), with a painful sting, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from the living prey.
    Synonyms:
    tarantula wasp

Synonyms of tarantula hawk

Forms of tarantula hawk

pluraltarantula hawks

Questions about tarantula hawk

What does tarantula hawk mean?
Tarantula hawk means a kind of spider wasp (of the family Pompilidae), with a painful sting, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from the living prey.
What part of speech is tarantula hawk?
Tarantula hawk is a noun.
What is the plural of tarantula hawk?
The plural of tarantula hawk is tarantula hawks.

Words near tarantula hawk in the dictionary

  1. Tarantinoverse
  2. tarantism
  3. tarantisms
  4. Taranto
  5. tarantula
  6. tarantula hawk
  7. tarantula hawks
  8. tarantula juice
  9. tarantula killer
  10. tarantula killers
  11. tarantula wasp

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