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Af·ri·can·ized bee   (āf'rĭ-kə-nīzd')   
n.  A hybrid strain of honeybee introduced into Brazil in the mid-1950s and distinguished by aggressive traits such as the tendency to mass swarm and sting with great frequency. The bee was developed by a geneticist attempting to produce a commercial honeybee better adapted to the tropics. Also called Africanized honeybee, killer bee.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Af·ri·can·ized bee
Pronunciation: "af-ri-k&-"nIzd-
Function: noun
: a honeybee that originated in Brazil as anaccidental hybrid between an aggressive African subspecies (Apis mellifera scutellata) and previously established European honeybees and has spread to Mexico and the southernmost U.S. bybreeding with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits called also Africanized honeybee, killer bee
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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