資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Amazon \Am"a*zon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
   1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia;
      hence, a female warrior.

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

   3. (Zo["o]l.) A name numerous species of South American
      parrots of the genus {Chrysotis}

   {Amazon ant} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Amazon ant
     n : small reddish slave-making ant species [syn: {Polyergus
         rufescens}]