[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.
1824. Griffith, Cuvier, XV. 501. Huber is erroneous in supposing that the amazon ants have a sting.
1868. Wood, Homes without Hands, xxiv. 459. The Ant which employs forced labour is called the Amazon Ant, and is tolerably common on the Continent.
