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bullet ant

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from *meh₂y-✻ — “to cut”
  2. inherited from *ē-✻ — “off, away”
  3. inherited from *āmaitijā✻
  4. inherited from æmete — “ant”
  5. inherited from ampte
  6. compounded as bullet ant — “bullet + ant”

Definitions

  1. A stinging ant (Paraponera clavata) the toxin of which causes intense pain for about a…

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

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