FLAVIVIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

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

West Nile encephalitis virus; West Nile virus (the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis)

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

Flaviviridae (a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods)

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