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ly•co•sid
(lī kō′sid),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Invertebratesa spider of the family Lycosidae, comprising the wolf spiders.
adj.
- Invertebratesbelonging or pertaining to the family Lycosidae.
- Greek lýkos wolf ) + -idae -id2
- Neo-Latin Lycosidae family name, equivalent. to Lycos(a) type genus (irregularly