
• 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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Bal·loon'ing spi'der (Zoology) 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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