sauban.
/ˈsɔːbə//səˈuːbə/ The leaf-cutting ant (Œcodoma cephalotes) of tropical South America.
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1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. i. 23 Another far more interesting species was the Saüba... Large mounds of earth..forty yards in circumference..were the work of the Saübas.
1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) vii. 122 The Saüba or Coushie Ant.
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