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Bolas or bolases (sg.: bola; from Spanish and Portuguese bola, "ball", also known as a boleadora or boleadeira) is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs.
Mastophora hutchinsoni, also known as the American bolas spider, is a species of orb weaver in the genus Mastophora. The genus is distributed extensively throughout various subtropical geographical areas including Australia, South Africa, Oriental Asia, and the Americas and is not found in Europe.
A bolas spider is a member of the orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae) that, instead of spinning a typical orb web, ...
Bolas, throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of an interconnected cord; Bola tie, or "Bolo tie", a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord fastened with an ornamental bar or clasp; Bolan Pass, Mountain pass in Balochistan, Pakistan; cloe Bola, a severe 1988 Pacific cyclone
Mastophora, also known as bolas spiders, [2] is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by E. L. Holmberg in 1876. [3] They can be identified by a pair of lumps on the dorsal surface of the opisthosoma , though not all males will have these lumps.
Bolas (horse) Bolas spider, a spider in which the adult females catch prey using a sticky drop on a line, resembling a bolas; Nicol Bolas, a fictional planeswalker in Magic: the Gathering; BOLAS (spacecraft), a proposed lunar orbiter
In South America it is known as bochas, or bolas criollas ('Criollo balls') in Venezuela, and bocha in southern Brazil. The accessibility of bocce to people of all ages and abilities has seen it grow in popularity among Special Olympics programmes globally and it is now the third most played sport among Special Olympics athletes. [10]
Bolas criollas is a traditional team sport from Venezuela, very popular in the Llanos and most rural regions. It is one of the most representative icons of Llanero culture. Its origins can be traced back to traditional European boules sports, such as bocce and pétanque .