PARVO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parvo mean? 

• PARVO (noun)
  The noun PARVO has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PARVO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARVO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

parvo; parvovirus

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

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)