MARBURG VIRUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A filovirus that causes Marburg disease; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

filovirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae)

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

Filoviridae (a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees))

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