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BALLOONING SPIDER: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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