Found 2 items, similar to Polyergus rufescens.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Polyergus rufescens Polyergus rufescens n : small reddish slave-making ant species [syn: Amazon ant]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Polyergus rufescens 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. (Zo["o]l.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]