Search Result for "polyergus rufescens":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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