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    WOLF SPIDER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a webplay

    Synonyms:

    hunting spider; wolf spider

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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