animal virus
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1. an animal pathogen that is a virus (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | virus, |
| definition | : | (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | adenovirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | arenavirus, |
| definition | : | animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bunyavirus, |
| definition | : | an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | filovirus, |
| definition | : | animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alphavirus, |
| definition | : | an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | flavivirus, |
| definition | : | animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | vesiculovirus, |
| definition | : | an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | poxvirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hepadnavirus, |
| definition | : | a group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | retrovirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | myxovirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | picornavirus, |
| definition | : | a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | herpes, herpes virus, |
| definition | : | any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | papovavirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | rhabdovirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lyssavirus, |
| definition | : | a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | reovirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | parvo, parvovirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease (noun.animal) |
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