Etymology

siphovirus

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Today it means: Any of the viruses of the family Siphoviridae. Full definition →

translingual Siphoviridae
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  1. translingual · derived fromSiphoviridae
  2. English todaysiphovirus

Back-formation of translingual Siphoviridae.

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