Pithovirus

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Translingual

A sketch of Pithovirus sibericum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίθος (píthos, jar, wine barrel) + translingual Virus.

Proper noun

Pithovirus

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pithoviridae – certain large double-stranded DNA viruses known from a single species recovered from thawed permafrost.

Usage notes

  • Not included in ICTV 2019.

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