† lycisken.
Heraldry. Obsolete.
A fabulous beast supposed to be a hybrid between a wolf and a dog.
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1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 56 Two Lyciskes Passant. Lyciskes are called (as Plinie saithe) dogges, gendered of wolfes.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxv. 179 Castorides, Dogges ingendred by a Fox and a Beuer; Lyciscus, of a Wolfe and a Mastiffe.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lycisca, a Dog ingender'd of a Wolf and a Bitch.
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