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    TOGAVIRIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of arboviruses carried by arthropodsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Togaviridae" 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)

    Meronyms (members of "Togaviridae"):

    alphavirus (an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses)

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

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

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