English Explanatory Dictionary

pithovirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Pithovirus of giant viruses known from one species, Pithovirus sibericum, which infects amoebas.

Word forms

pithovirus pithoviruses

Etymology

From the genus name.

Derived words

pitho
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