family theraphosidae

English Thesaurus

1. large tropical spiders; tarantulas (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	tarantula,
definition	:	large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	araneae, araneida, order araneae, order araneida,
definition	:	spiders (noun.animal)