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- noun informal An
Africanized honey bee .
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- noun an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
- noun 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
Etymologies
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From killer + bee, from its aggressive nature, though few deaths have been reported.
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