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KILLERBEE

Specialty Definition: KILLERBEE

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Food & Agriculture

A subspecies introduced to the New World from Africa which has hybridized with European races of the honeybee. The aggressiveness of the hybrids has led to their being known(rather sensationally)as "killer bees". Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: KILLERBEE

Language Translations for "KILLERBEE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

abeille tueuse (killer bee). (various references)

   

German

  

Mörderbiene (africanized bee, africanized honeybee, killer bee). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ape africanizzata (africanized bee, africanized honeybee, killer bee). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

illerbeekay

   

Spanish

  

"abeja asesina". (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: KILLERBEE

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

apis mellifera scutellata. (various references)

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Anagrams: KILLERBEE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-i-k-l-l-r"

-2 letters: beelike, belleek, eellike, libelee, libeler.

-3 letters: belier, belike, bilker, biller, eelier, killer, rebill.

-4 letters: belie, belle, biker, birle, brill, eerie, iller, krill, libel, liber, liker, rebel, rille.

-5 letters: beer, bell, bier, bike, bile, bilk, bill, birk, birl, bree, brie, keel, keir, kerb, kibe, kier, kill, leek, leer, leke, lier, like, lire, reek, reel, riel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Translations: Ancient
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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