NOUN | animal | Africanized honey bee, Africanized bee, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Apis mellifera adansonii | a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee |
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Meaning | A strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas. | |
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Synonyms | Africanized bee, killer bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Apis mellifera adansonii | |
Broader | honeybee, Apis mellifera | social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces |
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