Word.ws English Dictionary

giant virus

giant virus noun: any virus with more than 300,000 base pairs in its genome (genomic nucleic acid coding).

Noun

giant virus (plural giant viruses)

  1. Any virus with more than 300,000 base pairs in its genome (genomic nucleic acid coding).

Forms of giant virus

pluralgiant viruses

Origin of giant virus

giant + virus

Words formed from giant virus

Questions about giant virus

What does giant virus mean?
Giant virus means any virus with more than 300,000 base pairs in its genome (genomic nucleic acid coding).
What part of speech is giant virus?
Giant virus is a noun.
What is the plural of giant virus?
The plural of giant virus is giant viruses.

Words near giant virus in the dictionary

  1. giant tree frog
  2. giant tree frogs
  3. giant trevally
  4. giant tube worm
  5. giant tube worms
  6. giant virus
  7. giant viruses
  8. giant walking stick
  9. giant walking sticks
  10. giant water bug
  11. giant water bugs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: giant virus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “giant virus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/giant_virus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.