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FILOVIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("filovirus" is a kind of...):
animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filovirus"):
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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