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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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.