Noun
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. Raymond Chandler
Perdiccas threatened to put him to death unless he came to him, "That's nothing wonderful," Diogenes said, "for a beetle or a tarantula would do the same." Diogenes of Sinope
Even on Central Avenue, not the quietest dressed street in the world, he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. Raymond Chandler
I've sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I've helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes; I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup. Alan Alda
I have a lot of mice, I have a kitten named 'Girr,' I have an iguana named 'Invader Zim,' I have some fish, a whole buncha water snails, and a tarantula named 'Sweet Pea.' Matthew Underwood
Examples of some of the better understood physiological homeostats The core body temperature homeostat Thermal image of a cold-blooded tarantula ( ectothermic ) on a warm-blooded human hand ( endothermic ). Source: Internet