birdeater

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|literally|rare}} Anything which eats birds.
2. Any of certain large [[tarantula]]s which occasionally (though very rarely) eat [[hummingbird]]s, especially of the [[genus|genera]] {{taxfmt|Avicularia|genus}} and {{taxfmt|Theraphosa|genus}}, the latter of which contains the [[Goliath birdeater]] ({{taxlink|Theraphosa blondi|species}}).

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