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APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
Africanized bee; Africanized honey bee; Apis mellifera adansonii; Apis mellifera scutellata; killer bee
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Apis mellifera scutellata" is a kind of...):
Apis mellifera; honeybee (social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces)
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