Англо-русский биологический словарь - amazon
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1) муравей-амазонка (Polyergus)
2) агрессивная самка у муравьев (преим. амазонок)
3) орнит. амазон (Amazona)
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active amazonblack-billed amazonblue-cheeked amazonblue-fronted amazonHispaniolan amazonimperial amazonorange-winged amazonred-lored amazonred-necked amazonred-spectacled amazonscaly-naped amazonspectacled amazonwhite-fronted amazonyellow-cheeked amazonyellow-crowned amazonyellow-faced amazonyellow-lored amazon
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1. греч. миф. амазонка (женщина из племени воительниц) 2. женщина из легендарного племени амазонок Южной Америки 3. амазонка, всадница 4. мужеподобная женщина 5. энт. муравей-амазонка (Polyergus spp.) 6. агрессивная самка муравья ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1) муравей-амазонка (Polyergus) 2) агрессивная самка у муравьев (преим. амазонок) 3) орнит. амазон (Amazona) – active amazon – blue-cheeked amazon – blue-fronted amazon – Hispaniolan amazon – imperial amazon – orange-winged amazon – red-lored amazon – red-necked amazon – red-spectacled amazon – scaly-naped amazon – spectacled amazon – yellow-cheeked amazon – yellow-crowned amazon – yellow-faced amazon – yellow-lored amazon ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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n. 1 a member of a mythical race of female warriors in Scythia and elsewhere. 2 (amazon) a very tall, strong, or athletic woman. Derivatives Amazonian adj. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk: expl. by the Greeks as 'breastless' (as if A-(1) + mazos breast), but prob. of foreign orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek Amazon Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology 2. often capitalized a tall strong often masculine woman 3. often capitalized any of a genus (Amazona) of tropical American parrots typically having green plumage marked with other bright colors AMAZON geographical name river about 3900 miles (6276 kilometers) N South America flowing from Peruvian Andes into the Atlantic in N Brazil — see Ucayali, solimoes ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(Amazons) 1. In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a tribe of women who were very good at fighting. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. People sometimes refer to a tall, strong woman as an Amazon. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- Gk. Amazon "race of female warriors in Scythia," in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos "breasts," hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so they could draw bowstrings more efficiently. The river in South America (originally called by the Sp. Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce) rechristened by Francisco de Orellana, 1541, after an encounter with female warriors of the Tapuyas. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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