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Lycosidae

noun

wolf spiders

• Syn: ↑family Lycosidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Araneae, ↑order Araneae, ↑Araneida, ↑order Araneida

• Member Meronyms: ↑wolf spider, ↑hunting spider, ↑Lycosa, ↑genus Lycosa

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\\līˈkōsəˌdē, -käs-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lycosa, type genus + -idae

: a cosmopolitan family of relatively large active ground spiders that catch their prey by pursuit rather than in a web

Useful english dictionary. 2012.