marabunta

noun6

1. •
   A kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path
2. •
   Any of several large wasps known for their painful stings.
3. •
   Polistes infuscatus

   • GE Bodkin (1918), “Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera exclusive of the Formicidae”, in Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, volume 1917, Vol. 65: “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”
4. •
   a mud dauber or a mason wasp
5. •
   (Caribbean) Synoeca surinama
6. •
   (Caribbean) Polybia occidentalis and other species