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ALPHAVIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("alphavirus" is a kind of...):
animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)
Holonyms ("alphavirus" is a member of...):
Togaviridae (a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods)