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  • noun Plural form of filovirida.

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  • noun a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees)

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Examples

  • It was a large filamentous virus that looked like a filoviridae with tiny, cilialike projections.

    Invasion Cook, Robin, 1940- 2000

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