killer bee
n 1: an investment banker who devises strategies to make a
target company less attractive for takeover
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 [syn: {Africanized bee}, {Africanized
honey bee}, {killer bee}, {Apis mellifera scutellata}, {Apis
mellifera adansonii}]