MACHUPO VIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Machupo virus" is a kind of...):

arenavirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae)

Holonyms ("Machupo virus" is a member of...):

Arenaviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)

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