Lycosa
noun
Ly·co·sa
\līˈkōsə\
Definition of Lycosa
: a genus (the type of the family Lycosidae) of spiders including the wolf spiders
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Origin and Etymology of lycosa
New Latin, from Latin lycos, a spider, from Greek lykos, literally, wolf — more at wolf
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