Lycosa

noun

Ly·​co·​sa

līˈkōsə

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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin lycos, a spider, from Greek lykos, literally, wolf

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