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MACHUPO VIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Machupo virus mean?
• MACHUPO VIRUS (noun)
The noun MACHUPO VIRUS has 1 sense:
1. the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice
Familiarity information: MACHUPO VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Machupo virus" is a kind of...):
arenavirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae)
Holonyms ("Machupo virus" is a member of...):
Arenaviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)
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