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† lyciske Her. Obs.
Also 7 lyciscus, 8 lycisca.
[ad. med.L. lyciscus masc., -ca fem., f. Gr. λύκος wolf.]
A fabulous beast supposed to be a hybrid between a wolf and a dog.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 56 Two Lyciskes Passant. Lyciskes are called (as Plinie saithe) dogges, gendered of wolfes. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxv. 179 Castorides, Dogges ingendred by a Fox and a Beuer; Lyciscus of a Wolfe and a Mastiffe. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lycisca, a Dog ingender'd of a Wolf and a Bitch. |