Home › Words › M › megavirusmegavirusmegavirus means certain viruses significantly larger than other known viruses; Any virus of the family Mimiviridae.EtymologyFrom mega- + virus.nounCertain viruses significantly larger than other known viruses; Any virus of the family MimiviridaeCertain viruses significantly larger than other known viruses; Any virus of the proposed family Mimiviridae, genus Megavirus, represented by the newly discovered species Megavirus chilensisDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mimivirus 75% match — A virus, of the genus Mimivirus, associated with some amoebas; it has a very large capsid and complex genome vs megavirus →mimivirid 71% match — Any virus of the family Mimiviridae vs megavirus →virgavirus 63% match — Any virus of the family Virgaviridae of viruses that infect plants. vs megavirus →pandoravirus 61% match — Any of the genus Pandoravirus of very large viruses that infect amoebas. vs megavirus →macavirus 59% match — Any virus of the genus Macavirus vs megavirus →nanovirus 59% match — Any virus of the family Nanoviridae vs megavirus →metaviromics 59% match — The viromics of metaviruses vs megavirus →calcivirus 58% match — Any virus of the family Caliciviridae vs megavirus →