Lycosidae

plural noun

Ly·​cosi·​dae

līˈkōsəˌdē,

-käs-

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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Lycosa, type genus + -idae

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