marabunta
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marabunta¹
Where it comes from
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.
noun marabuntas
- A kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path
marabunta²
Where it comes from
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”).
noun marabuntas
- 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 ker
- 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 blissfu
- Synoeca surinama
- Polybia occidentalis and other species
Talk about this word "marabunta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marabunta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. marabunta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marabunta "marabunta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marabunta.Cite this
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