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LYCOSA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Lycosidae

Synonyms:

genus Lycosa; Lycosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Lycosa" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Lycosa"):

European wolf spider; Lycosa tarentula; tarantula (large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement))

Holonyms ("Lycosa" is a member of...):

family Lycosidae; Lycosidae (wolf spiders)

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