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noun
Any of the Bunyaviridae, a family of negative-stranded RNA viruses, now most typically in genus Orthobunyavirus in family Peribunyaviridae, but also in all families in order Bunyavirales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal virus
History
From Bunyamwera, a town in Western Uganda where one of the viruses was first isolated.
