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africanized
verb(Af-ri-can-ize)
to cause to acquire a distinctively African trait
africanized
verb(Af-ri-can-ize)
to bring under the influence, control, or cultural or civil supremacy of Africans and especially black Africans
africanized
noun(Af-ri-can-ize)
a honeybee that originated in Brazil as an accidental hybrid between an aggressive African subspecies (Apis mellifera scutellata) and previously established European honeybees and has spread to Mexico and the southernmost U.S. by breeding with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits —called also Africanized honeybee, killer bee

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