marabunta

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path
  2. Any of several large wasps known for their painful stings:; Polistes infuscatus Guyana
    — 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 kerosene and ignited is an interesting operation for an onlooker at a respectful distance”
  3. Any of several large wasps known for their painful stings:; a mud dauber or a mason wasp Guyana
    — 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 blissful existence and when they feel the pangs of hunger! This species of marabunta is often called the mason bee or fly, on account of its building powers or propensities.
  4. Any of several large wasps known for their painful stings:; Synoeca surinama Caribbean
  5. Any of several large wasps known for their painful stings:; Polybia occidentalis and other species Caribbean

词形变化

marabuntas plural marabuntas plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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”).
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