(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:02:16

Bal*loon"ing spi"der (?). Zool.

A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

 

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