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Africanized bee
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English
Noun
A hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera species), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m. scutellata) with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian honey bee (A. m. ligustica) and the Iberian honey bee (A. m. iberiensis), and known for being defensive and aggressive.
en Africanized honey bee killer bee colloquial