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    APIS MELLIFERA ADANSONII

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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 Texasplay

    Synonyms:

    Africanized bee; Africanized honey bee; Apis mellifera adansonii; Apis mellifera scutellata; killer bee

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Apis mellifera adansonii" is a kind of...):

    Apis mellifera; honeybee (social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces)

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