Definition of Lycosa

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Lycosidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Lycosa
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Lycosidae, Lycosidae
Member holonyms: European Wolf Spider, Lycosa Tarentula, Tarantula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycosa

Lycopodiales
Lycopodiate
Lycopodineae
Lycopodium alopecuroides
Lycopodium alpinum
Lycopodium clavitum
Lycopodium complanatum
Lycopodium lucidulum
Lycopodium obscurum
Lycopodium selago
Lycopsida
Lycopus
Lycopus americanus
Lycopus europaeus
Lycopus virginicus
Lycosa
Lycosa tarentula
Lycosidae
Lycra
Lycra lout
Lycras
Lydd
Lydia
Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani
Lydian
Lydian mode
Lydians
Lyell
Lyell's disease
Lyell's syndrome

Literary usage of Lycosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Common Spiders of the United States by James Henry Emerton (1902)
"Most of these spiders belong to two genera, lycosa and Pardosa, ... THE GENUS lycosa The genus lycosa includes spiders that differ greatly in the ..."

2. The Common Spiders of the United States by James Henry Emerton (1902)
"Most of these spiders belong to two genera, lycosa and Pardosa, ... THE GENUS lycosa The genus lycosa includes spiders that differ greatly in the ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"THE lycosa AT HOME. Fur. l:¡". 11Y J. II. ... a lycosa. The hoi. from six to eight inches < and lined with ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"On the Habit-s and Distribution o/"lycosa ingens (BL). ... 271) of the habits of lycosa ingens (BL) is one on which, as an arachnologist, I should wish to ..."

5. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1904)
"Mr. Blackburn showed a living female lycosa carolinensis, and Mr. Emerton contributed some remarks on the habits of these spiders. ..."

6. The Life of the Spider by Jean-Henri Fabre, Maurice Maeterlinck (1912)
"CHAPTER V THE NARBONNE lycosa : THE FAMILY three weeks and more the lycosa trails the bag of eggs hanging to her spinnerets. The reader will remember the ..."

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