killer bee
killer bee · killer bees
An Africanized beeAn Africanized bee.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)An Africanized bee.
More definitions
- an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
- 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
Origin
From killer + bee, for its aggressive nature, though few deaths have been reported.From killer + bee, for its aggressive nature, though few deaths have been reported.
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Forms
plural: killer bees| Singular | killer bee |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in 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:Africanized beeAfricanized honey beeApis mellifera scutellataApis mellifera adansonii
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmurder hornet
See also
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