marabunta

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De l’anglais marabunta.

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Singulier	Pluriel
marabunta	marabuntas
\ma.ʁa.bun.ta\

marabunta \ma.ʁa.bun.ta\ féminin

(Entomologie) Migration massive et destructrice de fourmis légionnaires.
- Quand la marabunta gronde.
(Entomologie) Fourmi légionnaire.
- Les maras, abréviation de « marabunta », une fourmi carnivore d'Amazonie, comptent aussi des dizaines de milliers de membres aux États-Unis, au Honduras ou au Guatemala. — (Le Salvador interdit les maras, Le Devoir.com, 22 septembre 2010)

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Anglais : marabunta (en)
Espagnol : marabunta (es)

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Somain (France) : écouter « marabunta [Prononciation ?] »

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marabunta sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia

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(XIX^e siècle) Du kimbundu marimbonda (« guêpe ») ; le sens de « fourmillière destructrice », date de 1954 et du film The Naked Jungle.

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marabunta \Prononciation ?\	marabuntas \Prononciation ?\

marabunta \Prononciation ?\

(Entomologie) Guêpe du genre Polistes infuscatus.
- 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. — (« Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera exclusive of the Formicidae », dans Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1917, Vol. 65)
(Entomologie) Osmie, abeille maçonne.
- 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. — (Ignatius Scoles, Sketches of African and Indian Life in British Guiana, 1885)
(Entomologie) Fourmi légionnaire.
- During the autopsy, Jim finds something on the man's body and when he looks at it under a microscope, it is the jaws of a marabunta, a South American ant that is known for traveling in waves, killing everything in their path. — (Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais) )
(Entomologie) Marabunta.
- As she awaits the boat to take her back to the United States, they learn that legions of army ants - the "marabunta" - will strike in a few days' time. — (The Naked Jungle sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais) )