bullet ant

English

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.

Noun

bullet ant (plural bullet ants)

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

Synonyms

• (Paraponera clavata): Paraponera clavata, P. clavata, lesser giant hunting ant, conga ant, tucandera, tucandeira

Translations

Paraponera clavata

• Akurio: irakë
• Carijona: irakë
• Pemon: irak
• Portuguese: tocandira f
• Spanish: hormiga bala f (Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru), folofa f (Panama), tucandera f (Bolivia), yanabe f (Colombia), conga f (Colombia)
• Trió: irakë
• Wayana: ilak
• Ye'kwana: yaakö

See also

• poneratoxin

Further reading

• bullet ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paraponera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Paraponera clavata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons