"wolf spider" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wolf spiders [plural]
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  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), arānea lupīna [feminine] (Latin), 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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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of several spiders of the family Lycosidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jaktspindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of several spiders of the family Lycosidae",
      "word": "nhện sói"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wolf spider"
}

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