targo

Edgar Rice Burroughs had a giant spider on Venus called a targo but the idea was well out of diapers by then.

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I had clung to my sword, and being unhurt, clambered back as quickly as I could to save Kamlot from further attack, but he needed no protection -- the great targo, as the creature is called, was dead.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

The encounter with the targo had taken terrific toll of my great strength, already sapped by the arduous experiences of the day, yet I could not stop, I dared not.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

The situation was horrible enough, but a moment later it became infinitely worse, as, glancing about me, I saw at the far edge of the web the huge, repulsive body of a targo.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

During the preceding day I had caught occasional glimpses of huge birds, which might themselves, if carnivorous, prove as deadly menaces as the targo; but it was not them that I feared now, but the nocturnal prowlers that haunt every forest by night.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

Chapter 7 - By Kamlot's Grave HAVING set out to gather tarel I finished the work that Kamlot and I had nearly completed when the targo attacked us; if I succeeded in finding the city, I should at least bring something to show for our efforts.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

The targo had paralyzed Kamlotl My first thought was to stimulate circulation and respiration, and to this end I alternately massaged his body and applied the first aid measures adapted to the resuscitation of the drowned.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

Several times I heard creatures moving through the trees at a distance, and twice I heard the hideous scream of a targo.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

"What happened?" he asked in a whisper, and then, "Oh, yes, I recall; the targo got me."

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

It consisted of a square of very light fabric woven from the web of a small cousin of the targo, a giant spider that inhabits the mile-high trees that grow in many parts of Amtor; and which is so sheer as to be almost invisible, yet quite strong.

Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939