Amazon ant

amazon ant

n (Animals) any of several small reddish ants of the genus Polyergus, esp P. rufescens, that enslave the young of other ant species

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Amazon ant - small reddish slave-making ant speciesPolyergus rufescensslave-maker, slave-making ant - an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave antsgenus Polyergus, Polyergus - Amazon ants