POXVIRUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("poxvirus" is a kind of...):

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poxvirus"):

myxoma virus (a poxvirus closely related to smallpox virus; causes benign gelatinous tumors in humans)

smallpox virus; variola virus (the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)