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noun
Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family Poxviridae, that cause pox diseases in vertebrates
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal virus
Narrower terms: myxoma virus, variola virus, smallpox virus
History
From pox + virus.
