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MACHUPO VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Machupo virus mean? 

MACHUPO VIRUS (noun)
  The noun MACHUPO VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and miceplay

  Familiarity information: MACHUPO VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MACHUPO VIRUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Machupo virus" is a kind of...):

arenavirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae)

Holonyms ("Machupo virus" is a member of...):

Arenaviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)


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