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killer bee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
killer bee
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Africanized bee.

Informal

Etymology

From killer + bee, for its aggressive nature, though few deaths have been reported.

Usage

Inflected Forms

killer bees (plural)

Phrases

murder hornet

Frequently Paired Words

murder hornet

Synonyms

africanized bee africanized honey bee apis mellifera scutellata apis mellifera adansonii

Questions

What does killer bee mean?
An Africanized bee.
Where does killer bee come from?
From killer + bee, for its aggressive nature, though few deaths have been reported.

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