bullet ant

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bullet ant

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From bullet + ant.

From being an ant having a poisonous stinging bite, whose pain is described to be comparable to being hit by a bullet.

noun bullet ants

informal A stinging ant (Paraponera clavata) the toxin of which causes intense pain for about a day, native to Central and South America.
Similar: Paraponera clavata, P. clavata, lesser giant hunting ant, conga ant, tucandera, tucandeira

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noun Paraponera clavata

Español	hormiga bala, folofa, tucandera, yanabe, conga
Português	tocandira

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@misc{bullet_ant_2026,
  title = {bullet ant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bullet%20ant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}