PICORNAVIRUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat

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Nouns denoting animals

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

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

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

enterovirus (any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system))

rhinovirus (any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections)

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