bullet ant

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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.

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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.

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