Africanized bee

Noun

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

killer bee Africanized honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii Apis mellifera scutellata african honey bee aggressive bee brazilian bee dangerous bee defensive bee feral bee hot-tempered bee wild bee swarming bee exotic bee hybrid bee
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Hypernyms

honeybee Apis mellifera

Close letter words and terms

Africanity Africanization africanize Africanized honey bee Africanjujuism Africanjujuist