"wolf spider" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wolf spiders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wolf spider (plural wolf spiders)
  1. Any of several species of wandering spiders (family Lycosidae) that catch their prey on the ground by stalking it and not building webs. Wikipedia link: wolf spider Categories (lifeform): Spiders Derived forms: Arctic wolf spider, rabid wolf spider Translations (any of several spiders of the family Lycosidae): عَنْكَبُوت ذِئْبِيّ (ʕankabūt ḏiʔbiyy) (Arabic), մորմ (morm) (Armenian), licósido [masculine] (Asturian), gatuña llobu [feminine] (Asturian), likosido (Basque), тарантула (tarantula) [feminine] (Bulgarian), licòsid [masculine] (Catalan), aranya llop [feminine] (Catalan), 狼蛛 (lángzhū) (Chinese Mandarin), jagtedderkop [common-gender] (Danish), wolfsspin [feminine] (Dutch), luparaneo (Esperanto), juoksuhämähäkki (Finnish), lycose [feminine] (French), araignée-loup [feminine] (French), Wolfspinne [feminine] (German), farkaspókfélék (Hungarian), ragno-lupo [masculine] (Italian), licosa [feminine] (Italian), plėšriavoris [masculine] (Lithuanian), naʼashjéʼiitsoh (Navajo), ulvedderkopp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ulvedderkop [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aranha-lobo [feminine] (Portuguese), păianjen-lup [masculine] (Romanian), пау́к-волк (paúk-volk) [masculine] (Russian), licósido [masculine] (Spanish), araña lobo [masculine] (Spanish), vargspindel [common-gender] (Swedish), jaktspindel [common-gender] (Swedish), nhện sói (Vietnamese)

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