baboon spider

noun

Any of the tarantula subfamily Harpactirinae.

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Meanings

nounbaboon spider (plural baboon spiders)

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
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baboon spider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baboon%20spider

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baboon spider,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baboon%20spider.

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