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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Ballooning spider \Bal*loon"ing spi"der\ (Zo["o]l.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Ballooning spider \Bal*loon"ing spi"der\ (Zo["o]l.)
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.