FILOVIRIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Filoviridae"):

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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