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VIRUSOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does virusoid mean? 

VIRUSOID (noun)
  The noun VIRUSOID has 1 sense:

1. the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coatplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VIRUSOID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

viroid; virusoid

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

plant virus (a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA)


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