caranguejeira

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From caranguejo (“crab”) +‎ -eira (“-er”), meaning "crab-like [spider]". === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, -eɾɐ, -ɐjɾɐ Hyphenation: ca‧ran‧gue‧jei‧ra === Noun === caranguejeira f (plural caranguejeiras) (Brazil) any of several species of large, hairy spiders, such as those in the genus Avicularia and Grammostola Coordinate term: tarântula === Further reading === “caranguejeira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caranguejeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026