birdeater
nounEtymology By surface analysis, bird + eater. Compare translingual Avicularia.
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).
- Hyponyms
- burgundy goliath birdeater, Goliath birdeater