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APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA

• APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA (noun)
The noun APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA used as a noun is very rare.

• APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

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

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

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