Definition of 'africanized honey bee'

Noun

1. 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
      Synonyms: Africanized bee killer bee Apis mellifera scutellata Apis mellifera adansonii

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