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Polyergus rufescens (gcide) | 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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genus polyergus (wn) | genus Polyergus
     n 1: Amazon ants [syn: Polyergus, genus Polyergus] |  
polyergus (wn) | Polyergus
     n 1: Amazon ants [syn: Polyergus, genus Polyergus] |  
polyergus rufescens (wn) | Polyergus rufescens
     n 1: small reddish slave-making ant species [syn: Amazon ant,
          Polyergus rufescens] |  
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