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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

microorganism, micro-organism go
any organism of microscopic size

virus go
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts

animal virus
an animal pathogen that is a virus

noun.animal

18 Subcategories

adenovirus go
any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye
arenavirus go
animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae
bunyavirus go
an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae
filovirus go
animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae
alphavirus go
an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses
flavivirus go
animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae
vesiculovirus go
an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis
poxvirus go
any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
hepadnavirus go
a group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans
retrovirus go
any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA)
myxovirus go
any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps
picornavirus go
a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat
herpes, herpes virus go
any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin
papovavirus go
any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas
rhabdovirus go
any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies
lyssavirus go
a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies
reovirus go
any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis
parvovirus, parvo go
any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle