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sauba (ˈsɔːbə, ‖ saˈuba) In quots. saüba. [Tupi sauba.] The leaf-cutting ant (Œcodoma cephalotes) of tropical South America.
1863Bates Nat. Amazons i. (1864) 11 Another far more interesting species was the Saüba... Large mounds of earth,..forty yards in circumference,..were the work of the Saübas. 1864–5Wood Homes without H. vii. (1868) 122 The Saüba or Coushie Ant. |