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marabuntas

marabuntas is the plural of marabunta.

Meaning of marabunta

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

Questions about marabuntas

What is marabuntas the plural of?
Marabuntas is the plural of marabunta.

Words near marabuntas in the dictionary

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

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