tamɨ́ɨna imɨ́ɨni ‘madre de tangarana’, ant species

Part of Speech noun
Irregular Plural tamɨ́ɨna imɨ́ɨka
Literal Meaning ‘madre’ of ‘tangarana’
Root tamɨ́ɨna imɨ́ɨni
    • ‘madre de tangarana’, ant species

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  • Main Entry:
    • tamɨ́ɨka ‘tangarana’ or ‘madre de tangarana’, a species of small biting ant that lives inside the hollow trunks of <tamɨ́ɨna> (‘tangarana’) trees; they aggressively attack anything that touches the trunk of the tree, swarming the intruder and delivering very painful bites