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apis_mellifera_adansonii

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

Hypernym Tree (apis_mellifera_adansonii is a type of)

honeybee, Apis_mellifera -- (social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
bee -- (any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
hymenopterous_insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter -- (insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
insect -- (small air-breathing arthropod
arthropod -- (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
invertebrate -- (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
animal, animate_being, beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
living_thing, animate_thing -- (a living (or once living) entity
object, physical_object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

Also See

Africanized_bee, Africanized_honey_bee, killer_bee, Apis_mellifera_scutellata, Apis_mellifera_adansonii -- (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
black_bee, German_bee -- (dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
Carniolan_bee -- (grayish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition
Italian_bee -- (yellowish honeybee resembling the Carniolan bee in its habits