Rotavirus

See also: rotavirus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin rota (“wheel”) +‎ -virus.

Proper noun

Rotavirus

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Reoviridae – RNA viruses, some of which cause acute enteritis in humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Riboviria – realm; Orthornavirae – kingdom; Duplornaviricota – phylum; Resentoviricetes - class; Reovirales - order; Reoviridae - family; Sedoreovirinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rotavirus A - type species; Rotavirus B, Rotavirus C, Rotavirus D, Rotavirus E, Rotavirus F, Rotavirus G, Rotavirus H, Rotavirus I, Rotavirus J - other species

References

• Rotavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rotavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rotavirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rotavirus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
• “Rotavirus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.