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FILOVIRIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees)
Classified under:
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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