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vagantes
CIDE DICTIONARY
vagantes, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. L. vagans, p. pr. of vagari to stroll or wander.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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