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.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 56. Two Lyciskes Passant. Lyciskes are called (as Plinie saithe) dogges, gendered of wolfes.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. xxv. 179. Castorides, Dogges ingendred by a Fox and a Beuer; Lyciscus of a Wolfe and a Mastiffe.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lycisca, a Dog ingender’d of a Wolf and a Bitch.
