killer 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

an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Africanized bee Africanized honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii Apis mellifera scutellata queen bee drone honeybee worker bumblebee queen bee honey bee worker bee bees brazilian bee

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Hypernyms

underwriter honeybee investment banker Apis mellifera

Examples

I was reminded of my bee sting and of the Killer Bee Scare of the 1980s after the online hubbub about murder hornets. Source: Internet

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