Dictionary entry

Amazon

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Am″a‐zon (�), n. 1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.

2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.

3. (Zoöl.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis

Amazon ant(Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs of other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.