amazon

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amazon - 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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amazon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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

amazon - 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