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GENUS LYCOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lycosa mean?
• GENUS LYCOSA (noun)
The noun GENUS LYCOSA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Lycosidae
Familiarity information: GENUS LYCOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Lycosidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lycosa; Lycosa
Hypernyms ("genus Lycosa" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lycosa"):
European wolf spider; Lycosa tarentula; tarantula (large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement))
Holonyms ("genus Lycosa" is a member of...):
family Lycosidae; Lycosidae (wolf spiders)
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