lycosid

[ lahy-koh-sid ]

noun

1. a spider of the family Lycosidae, comprising the wolf spiders.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the family Lycosidae.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lycosid¹

< New Latin Lycosidae family name, equivalent to Lycos ( a ) type genus (irregular < Greek lýkos wolf ) + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

Many Lycosid are found in dry and rocky situations and quite a number in open fields.

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A Lycosid disappeared in the same way after being followed—at a run—for a hundred feet.

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The famous tarantulas of southern Europe, whose bites were supposed to cause the dancing mania, were Lycosid, or wolf-spiders.

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Of the Old World Lycosid there is no doubt that several species were implicated as the supposed cause of the tarantism.

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We once saw a fuscipennis that was dragging a Lycosid attacked by a bigger wasp of the same species.

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