Malaysian exploding ant

noun

An ant found in Malaysia and Brunei that explodes suicidally as a defence mechanism, Colobopsis saundersi.

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suicide ant
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Meanings

nounMalaysian exploding ant (plural Malaysian exploding ants)

plural Malaysian exploding ants

  1. An ant found in Malaysia and Brunei that explodes suicidally as a defence mechanism, Colobopsis saundersi.

    Synonyms: suicide ant

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn ant found in Malaysia and Brunei that explodes suicidally as a defence mechanism, Colobopsis saundersi.

Similar
suicide ant
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Malaysian exploding ant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaysian%20exploding%20ant

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“Malaysian exploding ant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malaysian%20exploding%20ant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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