noun
Meaning 1
Anything which eats birds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, rare
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
birdeater
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of certain large tarantulas which occasionally (though very rarely) eat hummingbirds, especially of the genera Avicularia and Theraphosa, the latter of which contains the Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
By surface analysis, bird + eater. Compare translingual Avicularia.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَنْكَبُوت آكِلَة الطَّيْر — type of tarantula
- Chinese Mandarin: 捕鳥蛛 /捕鸟蛛 (bǔniǎozhū) — type of tarantula
- Russian: пау́к-птицее́д (paúk-pticejéd) — type of tarantula
- Russian: птицее́д (pticejéd) — type of tarantula
- Spanish: tarántula pajarera — type of tarantula
- Ukrainian: птахої́д (ptaxojíd) — type of tarantula