Megaviridae
Translingual
Etymology
mega- + -viridae. From Megavirus.
Proper noun
Megaviridae
- (archaic) A taxonomic family within the kingdom Virus – certain large DNA viruses.
- (archaic) synonym of Mimiviridae
- (archaic) synonym of Megamimivirinae A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mimiviridae.
Hypernyms
- (family): Virus; Varidnaviria; Bamfordvirae; Nucleocytoviricota; Megaviricetes; Imitervirales
Hyponyms
- (family): Megamimivirinae, Klosneuvirinae – subfamilies
- Cafeteriavirus, Courdo11virus, Mimivirus, Moumovirus; Catovirus, Hokovirus, Indivirus, Klosneuvirus; Tupanvirus – genera
Derived terms
- Megamimivirinae
- Megamimiviridae
See also
- Megaviricetes (class erected in ICTV 2019 that includes family Mimiviridae)
References
- Megaviridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Megaviridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Megaviridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons