bolas
Americannoun
PLURAL
bolas, bolasesExample Sentences
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The Tehuelche were innovators, too: Outsiders marveled at their bolas, weighted rope snares they swung and launched from horseback to hunt llamalike guanaco and flightless rhea birds.
From Science Magazine
Sandi defends himself against the hired hands sent to kill him, such as Ramon — a psychotic barber armed with stainless steel shears — with only a bolas as his weapon.
From New York Times
By night, the female bolas swings a silken line with a sticky ball at its end while emitting the scent of a female moth to lure and nab male moths.
From Science Magazine
Take the female bolas spider, chemical warrior and weapons expert.
From National Geographic
It does not seem possible to compare a human hammer thrower with an arachnid but the bolas spider's athletic abilities come very close as they .
From BBC
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