"mirusvirus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mirusviruses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising, strange”) + virus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|mīrus|t=wonderful, surprising, strange}} Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising, strange”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mirusvirus (plural mirusviruses)
  1. (virology) A virus of the phylum Mirusviricota, a widespread group of plankton-infecting viruses which forms a "missing link" between giant viruses and herpesviruses. Categories (topical): Virology Categories (lifeform): Viruses

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