Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)A stinging ant (Paraponera clavata) the toxin of which causes intense pain for about a day, native to Central and South America.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From bullet + ant.

From bullet + ant.

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Forms

plural: bullet ants
Singularbullet ant
Pluralbullet ants

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Paraponera clavata:tucandeiraParaponera clavataP. clavatalesser giant hunting antconga anttucandera

Word family

1 related words

See also

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