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[syn: Amazon ant, Polyergus rufescens]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amazon \Am"a*zon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia;
hence, a female warrior.
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2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
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3. (Zool.) A name numerous species of South American parrots
of the genus Chrysotis
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Amazon ant (Zool.), a species of ant (Polyergus
rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest
the larv[ae] and nymphs of other species and make slaves
of them in their own nests.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Amazon ant
n 1: small reddish slave-making ant species [syn: Amazon ant,
Polyergus rufescens]