africanized bee

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Definition of africanized bee in English English dictionary

{i} aggressive hybrid breed of honeybee that was accidentally hybridized in Brazil which is a cross between a European honeybee with an African bee

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

Hyphenation

Af·ri·can·ized bee

Turkish pronunciation

äfrıkınayzd bi

Pronunciation

/ˈafrəkəˌnīzd ˈbē/ /ˈæfrəkəˌnaɪzd ˈbiː/