KILLER BEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does killer bee mean? 

• KILLER BEE (noun)
  The noun KILLER BEE has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: KILLER BEE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KILLER BEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("killer bee" is a kind of...):

investment banker; underwriter (a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities)

Sense 2

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 ("killer bee" is a kind of...):

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