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SPV

SPV is the initialism of Shope papillomavirus.

SPV is the initialism of special-purpose vehicle.

Meaning of Shope papillomavirus

Noun

Shope papillomavirus (uncountable)

  1. A papillomavirus which causes keratinous carcinomas that resemble horns to form on the bodies of certain leporids, typically on or near the heads of these animals.
    Synonyms:
    CRPV, cottontail rabbit papilloma virus, Kappapapillomavirus 2

Meaning of special-purpose vehicle

Noun

special-purpose vehicle (plural special-purpose vehicles)

  1. A legal entity (usually a limited company or a limited partnership) created to fulfill narrow, specific or temporary objectives, typically used for taxation benefits or to reduce financial risks.
    • The family's business empire is considering backing a special purpose vehicle set up by Forest Road to take a majority stake in OnlyFans that could value the business at as much as $7bn.2025 August 2, Oliver Barnes, Daniel Thomas, “Billionaire Reuben brothers in talks to invest in consortium chasing OnlyFans”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

Synonyms of SPV

Forms of SPV

pluralSPVs

Questions about SPV

What is SPV the initialism of?
SPV is the initialism of Shope papillomavirus.

Words near SPV in the dictionary

  1. sputters out
  2. sputtery
  3. sputum
  4. sputums
  5. Spuyten Duyvil
  6. SPV
  7. SPVM
  8. SPVS
  9. SPVSes
  10. SPVSs
  11. SPX

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SPV (page history and authors); Shope papillomavirus (page history and authors); special-purpose vehicle (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.

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