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Killer bee
/kˈɪlər
bi/
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Killer bee
noun
1.
An investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover.
2.
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.
Synonyms:
Africanized bee
,
Africanized honey bee
,
Apis mellifera adansonii
,
Apis mellifera scutellata
.
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