Medusavirus

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. An informal genus of the informal family Medusaviridae, large DNA viruses that infect amoeba.
    — The newest giant virus is Medusavirus, so named because of the way it infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that commonly live in water.

词源

From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa, “Medusa”) + virus. From Latin virus (“virus”). From being a virus which can turn amoeba into stone-like cysts. From Medusa, the Greek mythological figure which could petrify people with a glance.
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