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Tanapox

Tanapox noun: a yatapoxvirus first encountered among individuals in the flood plain of the Tana River in Kenya.

Noun

Tanapox (uncountable)

  1. A yatapoxvirus first encountered among individuals in the flood plain of the Tana River in Kenya.

Origin of Tanapox

From Tana + pox.

Questions about Tanapox

What does Tanapox mean?
Tanapox means a yatapoxvirus first encountered among individuals in the flood plain of the Tana River in Kenya.
What part of speech is Tanapox?
Tanapox is a noun.

Words near Tanapox in the dictionary

  1. tanalizing
  2. Tanana
  3. Tanana River
  4. tanaostigmatid
  5. tanaostigmatids
  6. Tanapox
  7. tanaproget
  8. Tanarupi
  9. tanas
  10. Tanasary
  11. Tanasery

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