Lycosa

noun

type genus of the family Lycosidae

• Syn: ↑genus Lycosa

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycosidae, ↑family Lycosidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑European wolf spider, ↑tarantula, ↑Lycosa tarentula

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\\līˈkōsə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin lycos, a spider, from Greek lykos, literally, wolf — more at wolf

: a genus (the type of the family Lycosidae) of spiders including the wolf spiders

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Lycosa /lī-kōˈsə/

noun

A genus of hunting spiders, including the true tarantula, typical of the family Lycosidae /-kosˈi-dē/ or wolf-spiders

ORIGIN: Gr lykos a wolf, also a kind of spider