Definitions for lycosid

lycosid ly·co·sid

Spelling: [lahy-koh-sid]
IPA: /laɪˈkoʊ sɪd/

Lycosid is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in lycosid (cdilosy).

Definitions for lycosid

noun

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

adjective

  1. 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

Examples for lycosid

To the next family, lycosid, belong the large spiders most often seen in fields and pastures.

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

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

A lycosid spider (Pardosa lapidicina) carrying an egg sac was basking on an inclined rock surface.

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

Word Value for lycosid
Scrable

0

Words with friends

0

Similar words for lycosid
Word of the day