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Definition of Lycosa tarentula

1. Noun. Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycosa Tarentula

Literary usage of Lycosa tarentula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Clinical materia medica by Ernest Albert Farrington (1897)
"ARACHNIDA. Of the Arachnida or spider poisons used in medicine, I shall call your attention to the following: 1. Mygale lasiodora. 2. Lycosa tarentula. 3. ..."

2. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"The term tarantula was first applied to an European species, Lycosa tarentula, which according to Comstock does not belong to the spiders to which this term ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1872)
"20, LYCOSA (TARENTULA) ... Ins. Apt. ip 281. Adult and immature females were found at Jericho, on the plain of Esdraelon, and at Beirut. LYCOSA (TARENTULA) ..."

4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1878)
"Lycosa (Tarentula) oculata, p. 239, Corsica ; L. (T.) pastoralis, p. 251, South of France ; L. (T.) alpicola, p. 263, South of France ; L. (T.) sori- culata ..."

5. A Clinical Materia Medica: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the by Ernest Albert Farrington (1887)
"OF the Arachnida or spider poisons used in. medicine, I shall call your attention to the following: • • 1. Mygale lasiodora. 2. Lycosa tarentula, 3. ..."

6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Several curious observations on the Lycosa tarentula of the south of France have been published by M. Chabrier, Acad. de Lille, ..."

7. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1879)
"(Standing), Stitch in left temporal region.—(Stooping), Heaviness in occiput.—( While walking), Nearly all symptoms. Lycosa tarentula. Animal kingdom. ..."

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