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ˈaməz(ə)n/
n.
- a member of a legendary race of female warriors believed by the ancient Greeks to exist in Scythia or elsewhere.
▸a very tall, strong woman.
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(amazon)
a green parrot with a broad rounded tail, found in Central and South America.
[Genus Amazona.]
Etymology
ME: via L. from Gk Amazōn, explained by the Greeks as ‘breastless’ (as if from a- ‘without’ + mazos ‘breast’), referring to the fable that the Amazons cut off the right breast so as to draw a bow more easily, but prob. a folk etymology of an unknown foreign word.
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