tarantula hawks

A form of tarantula hawk — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of tarantula hawk
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