Africanized bee (n)
Africanized honey bee (n)
killer bee (n)
Apis mellifera scutellata (n)
Apis mellifera adansonii (n)

n02208498

type n
lex_filenum 05
def a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee
def retains most of the traits of the African bee
def now spread as far north as Texas
Outgoing links
Hypernym honeybee, Apis mellifera
Incoming links
Hyponym honeybee, Apis mellifera

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