| 释义 |
africanized bee
noun
also africanized honeybee
Usage: usually capitalized A
: a honeybee that originated in Brazil as an accidental hybrid between an aggressive African subspecies (Apis mellifera scutellata) and previously established European honeybees and has spread to Mexico and the southernmost United States where it breeds with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits — called also killer bee |