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pithoviruses

pithoviruses is the plural of pithovirus.

Meaning of pithovirus

Noun

pithovirus (plural pithoviruses)

  1. Any of the genus Pithovirus of giant viruses known from one species, Pithovirus sibericum, which infects amoebas.
    • Evolutionary biologists Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel, the husband-and-wife team at Aix-Marseille University in France who led the work, named it Pithovirus sibericum, inspired by the Greek word 'pithos' for the large container used by the ancient Greeks to store wine and food.2014 March 3, Ed Yong, “Giant virus resurrected from 30,000-year-old ice”, in Nature News

Questions about pithoviruses

What is pithoviruses the plural of?
Pithoviruses is the plural of pithovirus.

Words near pithoviruses in the dictionary

  1. Pithoragarh
  2. pithos
  3. pithouse
  4. pithouses
  5. pithovirus
  6. pithoviruses
  7. piths
  8. pithy
  9. piti
  10. PITI payment
  11. PITI payments

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