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FLAVIVIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae
Classified under:
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)