Rotavirus
See also: rotavirus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin rota (“wheel”) + -virus.
Proper noun
Rotavirus
- 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.