killer bee

1. 1.

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

   Broaderinvestment banker
2. 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

   SynonymsAfricanized beeAfricanized honey beeApis mellifera scutellataApis mellifera adansonii

   Broaderhoneybee

Questions about killer bee

What does killer bee mean?

killer bee means "an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for killer bee?

Close synonyms include Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, Apis mellifera adansonii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is killer bee a common word?

killer bee is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.