Etymology

baculovirus

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Today it means: Any large rod-shaped virus of the family Baculoviridae, including the granuloviruses and nucleopolyhedroviruses. Full definition →

Latin baculum
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  1. Latin · derived frombaculum“rod”
  2. English todaybaculovirus

From baculo- + virus, from Latin baculum (“rod”).

Words from the same roots

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