Venantes

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

  Venantes \Ve*nan"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. venans, p. pr. of
     venari to hunt.] (Zool.)
     The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their
     prey.
     [1913 Webster]