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West Nile viruses

West Nile viruses is the plural of West Nile virus.

Meaning of West Nile virus

Noun

West Nile virus (usually uncountable, plural West Nile viruses)

  1. (usually) A particular flavivirus that causes West Nile fever, dangerous to humans.
    • West Nile virus surfaced in New York in 1999 and within four years had covered the whole of America.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 371

Questions about West Nile viruses

What is West Nile viruses the plural of?
West Nile viruses is the plural of West Nile virus.

Words near West Nile viruses in the dictionary

  1. West Newton
  2. West Nicholson
  3. West Nile encephalitis
  4. West Nile fever
  5. West Nile virus
  6. West Nile viruses
  7. West Nipissing
  8. West Northamptonshire
  9. west northwest
  10. West Norwalk
  11. West Norwood

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