FILOVIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("filovirus" is a kind of...):

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filovirus"):

Ebola virus (a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon)

Marburg virus (a filovirus that causes Marburg disease; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon)

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