noun

1. Gr. Myth. any of a race of female warriors supposed to have lived in Scythia, near the Black Sea
2. a tall, strong, aggressive woman
3. a small, greenish parrot (genus Amazona) of Central and South America, often kept as a pet
4. any of a genus (Polyergus) of ants that makes slaves of other ants
   also Amazon ant

Etymology: L < Gr Amazōn, of unknown orig., but deriv. by folk etym. < a-, without + mazos, breast, hence the story that the Amazons cut off one breast to facilitate archery

Etymology: so named by Spaniards, who believed its shores inhabited by female warriors: see Amazon