英语词汇tarantula的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	tarantula
词源	tarantula. This much-feared, hairy, venomous spider takes its name from the Italian seaport of Taranto, where it was thought to abound in medieval times. From the 15th to the 17th century the bite of tarantulas was believed to cause a dancing mania called tarantism, which was actually a hysterical disease epi- demic to southern Europe at the time.
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