English Explanatory Dictionary

giant virus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any virus with more than 300,000 base pairs in its genome (genomic nucleic acid coding).

Word forms

giant virus giant viruses

Etymology

giant + virus

Derived words

girus
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