Gossamer

Gossamer most commonly refers to:


 * Fine spider silk used by spiderlings for ballooning or kiting
 * Gossamer (fabric), very light, sheer, gauze-like fabric

Gossamer may also refer to:

Technology

 * Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight
 * Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready's AeroVironment
 * The code name of the motherboard used in first-generation Apple G3 Macs

Culture

 * The Gossamer Project (or Gossamer Archive), a large X-Files fan fiction archive
 * Gossamer (Looney Tunes), a character in the Looney Tunes cartoons
 * Gossamer, alias of two different DC Comics superheroes, Ayla Ranzz and Jay Nakamura

Literature

 * Gossamer (novel), a 2006 novel by Lois Lowry
 * Gossamer, a 1995 short story by Stephen Baxter in his collection Vacuum Diagrams and The Hard SF Renaissance anthology

Music

 * Gossamer (album), by Passion Pit
 * "Gossamer", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from the tour for Zeitgeist but not released on the album

Biology

 * Lycaenidae, gossamer-winged butterflies
 * Euphaeidae, "gossamer-wings" (damselflies)

Other uses

 * Gossamer, a golden ale produced by the Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago
 * The gossamer rings of Jupiter
 * Gossamer (horse)