lycosid
[ lahy-koh-sid ]
/ laɪˈkoʊ sɪd /
noun
a spider of the family Lycosidae, comprising the wolf spiders.
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the family Lycosidae.
Origin of lycosid
< New Latin
Lycosidae family name, equivalent to
Lycos(a) type genus (irregular < Greek
lýkos wolf) +
-idae
-id2
Words nearby lycosid
lycoperdonosis,
lycophyte,
lycopod,
lycopodium,
lycoris,
lycosid,
lycra,
lycurgus,
lycée,
lydda,
lyddite
Example sentences from the Web for lycosid
A Lycosid disappeared in the same way after being followed—at a run—for a hundred feet.
Spiders |Cecil WarburtonA lycosid spider (Pardosa lapidicina) carrying an egg sac was basking on an inclined rock surface.
To the next family, Lycosid, belong the large spiders most often seen in fields and pastures.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life |Ernest IngersollThe famous tarantulas of southern Europe, whose bites were supposed to cause the dancing mania, were Lycosid, or wolf-spiders.
Handbook of Medical Entomology |William Albert Riley