Vagantes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vagantes \Va*gan"tes\ (v[.a]*g[a^]n"t[=e]z), prop. n. 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.
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