English Explanatory Dictionary

birdeater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything which eats birds.
  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).

Word forms

birdeater birdeaters bird-eater bird eater

Etymology

By surface analysis, bird + eater. Compare translingual Avicularia.

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