Brazilian wandering spider
nounDefinition of Brazilian wandering spider
: any of a genus (Phoneutria) of large, venomous, nocturnal spiders of tropical South America that do not build webs and actively hunt prey by traveling on the ground
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Brazilian wandering spiders adopt a characteristic aggressive defense posture in which their front legs are raised straight up into the air. — called also
banana spider
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