birdeaterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

名詞

birdeater (plural birdeaters)

1. (literally, rare) 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).

使用する際の注意点

• Though not technically a misnomer, such spiders feed on birds very infrequently. They instead tend to prefer invertebrates or small terrestrial or arboreal vertebrates such as frogs.

下位語

• burgundy goliath birdeater (Theraphosa stirmi)
• Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)