[syn: Amazon, Amazon River]
4. mainly green tropical American parrots;
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
n 1: a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: amazon,
virago]
2: (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of
Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a
bow and arrow more effectively)
3: a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows
eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest
river (4000 miles) [syn: Amazon, Amazon River]
4: mainly green tropical American parrots
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "amazon":
Xanthippe, androgyne, butch, colossus, dyke, fishwife, giant,
harpy, hoyden, lesbian, ogress, romp, scold, shrew, termagant,
titan, tomboy, virago, vixen