polyergus rufescens

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polyergus rufescens - 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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polyergus rufescens - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Polyergus rufescens
      n 1: small reddish slave-making ant species [syn: Amazon ant,
           Polyergus rufescens]