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What's The Definition Of Amazon?
[n] mainly green tropical American parrots
[n] a major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles) [n] (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) [n] a large strong and aggressive woman Synonyms | Synonyms for Amazon: Amazon River | virago Related Terms | Find terms related to Amazon: androgyne | butch | colossus | dyke | fishwife | giant | harpy | hoyden | lesbian | ogress | romp | scold | shrew | termagant | titan | tomboy | virago | vixen | Xanthippe See Also | adult female | Amazona | Brasil | Brazil | Federative Republic of Brazil | genus Amazona | mythical being | parrot | Peru | Republic of Peru | river | woman Amazon In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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