different between sparassidae vs huntsman

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From hunt +? -s- +? -man.

huntsman (plural huntsmen or huntsmans)

A hunter.
(Britain) A fox hunter.
One who manages the hounds during a hunt.
Any of the many species of large spiders of the family Sparassidae.
- 2002, John Kinsella, The Wasps, in Divinations: Four Plays,
  to say trapdoors and huntsmans
- 2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page,
  Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry?s bedroom ceiling.

The plural form huntsmans applies only in the sense of spider, although huntsmen is probably more common.

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