| has gloss | (noun) an animal pathogen that is a virus animal virus |
| lexicalization | eng: animal virus |
| subclass of | (noun) (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein virus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye adenovirus |
| has subclass | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae arenavirus |
| has subclass | (noun) an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon bunyavirus |
| has subclass | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae filovirus |
| has subclass | (noun) an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses alphavirus |
| has subclass | (noun) animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae flavivirus |
| has subclass | (noun) an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis vesiculovirus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates poxvirus |
| has subclass | (noun) a group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans hepadnavirus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell retrovirus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps myxovirus |
| has subclass | (noun) a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat picornavirus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin herpes, herpes virus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas papovavirus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies rhabdovirus |
| has subclass | (noun) a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies lyssavirus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis reovirus |
| has subclass | (noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease parvovirus, parvo |