Meaning

1 senses
  1. A virus, of the genus Mimivirus, associated with some amoebas; it has a very large capsid and complex genome

Origin

Blend of microbe + mimicking + virus. From the genus name translingual Mimivirus

Blend of microbe + mimicking + virus. From the genus name translingual Mimivirus

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Forms

plural: mimiviruses
Singularmimivirus
Pluralmimiviruses

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmamavirus

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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