Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballooning spider

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: bal-loon-ing spi-der
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Questions

What does ballooning spider mean?: 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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