REOVIRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reoviridae mean? 

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

1. a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REOVIRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arborvirus; arbovirus (a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis)

Holonyms ("Reoviridae" is a member of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

 Context examples 

A genus of non-enveloped, non-turreted viruses with a triple capsid structure, in the family Reoviridae.

(Orbivirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of non-enveloped, spherical viruses with an icosahedral symmetry of triple capsid structure in the Reoviridae family and Coltivirus genus.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

These include a variety of species from the families Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae and Reoviridae.

(Arbovirus, NCI Thesaurus)