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Webster 1913 Edition

Vagantes

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Va-gan′tes

(vȧ-găn′tēz)

,

p

rop.

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

vagans

, p. pr. of

vagari

to stroll or wander.]

(Zool.)

A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.