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marabunta

marabunta noun: a kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path.

Noun (1)

marabunta (plural marabuntas)

  1. A kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path

Noun (2)

marabunta (plural marabuntas)

  1. (Guyana) Polistes infuscatus
    • GE Bodkin (1918), “Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera exclusive of the Formicidae”, in Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, volume 1917, Vol. 65: “The local name is marabunta. Destroying marabunta nests with a wad of dried palm leaves attached to a long pole soaked in...
  2. (Guyana) a mud dauber or a mason wasp
    • In and out he flies, bringing each time a tiny daub of mud, the building material of his choice. Before however, he has quite finished his dome or sealed it up he introduces a slender green worm, or more, to serve, it would seem, as larder for the children when they become conscious of their...Ignatius Scoles (1885), Sketches of African and Indian Life in British Guiana
  3. (Caribbean) Synoeca surinama
  4. (Caribbean) Polybia occidentalis and other species

marabunta meaning in Tamil

marabunta in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Forms of marabunta

pluralmarabuntas

Origin of marabunta

From the 1954 movie The Naked Jungle, perhaps directly from the other etymology, or from a parallel South American source, though this would apparently have been the first time it was applied to ants.

Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Kimbundu marimbondo, plural of rimbondo (“Sceliphron spirifex, a bright yellow and black wasp”), possibly via Portuguese marimbondo. Compare Sranan Tongo marbonsu (“wasp of the genus Polistes”).

Questions about marabunta

What does marabunta mean?
Marabunta means a kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path.
What is marabunta in Tamil?
Marabunta in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Marabunta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is marabunta?
Marabunta is a noun.
What is the plural of marabunta?
The plural of marabunta is marabuntas.

Words near marabunta in the dictionary

  1. maraboutic
  2. maraboutism
  3. maraboutist
  4. maraboutists
  5. marabouts
  6. marabunta
  7. marabuntas
  8. Marabut
  9. MARAC
  10. maraca
  11. Maracaibo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marabunta (page history and authors); marabunta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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