Etymology

sigmavirus

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Today it means: Any virus of the genus Sigmavirus, affecting dipterans. Full definition →

translingual Sigmavirus
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromSigmavirus
  2. English todaysigmavirus

From sigma + virus, from translingual Sigmavirus.

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