rhabdoviridae
English Thesaurus
1. a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | arborvirus, arbovirus, |
| definition | : | a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | vesiculovirus, |
| definition | : | an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | rhabdovirus, |
| definition | : | any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | lyssavirus, |
| definition | : | a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
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