REOVIRIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arborvirus; arbovirus (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)

Holonyms ("Reoviridae" is a member of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

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