WOLF SPIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wolf spider mean? 

• WOLF SPIDER (noun)
  The noun WOLF SPIDER has 1 sense:

1. ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web

  Familiarity information: WOLF SPIDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOLF SPIDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hunting spider; wolf spider

Hypernyms ("wolf spider" is a kind of...):

spider (predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wolf spider"):

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

Holonyms ("wolf spider" is a member of...):

family Lycosidae; Lycosidae (wolf spiders)