wolf spider

noun

: any of various active wandering ground spiders (family Lycosidae)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Storm and Lima bred crickets that had never seen a wolf spider before. —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2010 If a pregnant female is exposed to a wolf spider, her experiences affect her unborn young. —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2010 Enlarge / Rice University graduate student Faye Yap with a deceased wolf spider for use as a necrobotic gripper. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 July 2022 For their experiment, Preston, Yap, and other students on the team used a thin needle to inject air into a dead wolf spider’s prosoma. —

Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2022 Pascoe said the timing to catch such a sight really depends upon the species of wolf spider. —

Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021 Iberian tarantulas, which are a type of wolf spider, live in arid regions of the Iberian Peninsula. —

Nala Rogers, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2014 Some other names for the wolf spider are the Ground Spider and the Hunting Spider. —

Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2019 But other species, such as shrubs and the wolf spider, are thriving. —

Christina Nunez, National Geographic, 19 June 2019 See More

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