Bible Dictionaries
Ballooning Spider

Webster's Dictionary

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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ballooning Spider'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/ballooning-spider.html. 1828.