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Amazon-ant
[Amazon 2.]
A species of red ant, of which the neuters capture and enslave the young of other species; sometimes applied to the neuters alone.
1824Griffith Cuvier XV. 501 Huber is erroneous in supposing that the amazon ants have a sting. 1868Wood Homes without H. xxiv. 459 The Ant which employs forced labour is called the Amazon Ant, and is tolerably common on the Continent. |