marabunta

Meaning

Noun

• A kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path
• Any of several large wasps known for their painful stings:

Origin

• 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.
• From Kimbundu marimbonda (Sceliphron spirifex (species), a bright yellow and black wasp)