Home › Words › P › pithoviruspithoviruspithovirus means any of the genus Pithovirus of giant viruses known from one species, Pithovirus sibericum, which infects amoebas.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pithovirus ranks #23,631 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom the genus name.nounAny of the genus Pithovirus of giant viruses known from one species, Pithovirus sibericum, which infects amoebas.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pandoravirus 74% match — Any of the genus Pandoravirus of very large viruses that infect amoebas. vs pithovirus →phycodnavirus 64% match — Any member of the virus genus Phycodnavirus, now Chlorovirus, and other viruses in family Phycodnaviridae. vs pithovirus →virgavirus 63% match — Any virus of the family Virgaviridae of viruses that infect plants. vs pithovirus →mimivirus 63% match — A virus, of the genus Mimivirus, associated with some amoebas; it has a very large capsid and complex genome vs pithovirus →pneumovirus 62% match — Any virus of the genus Pneumovirus or of the family Pneumoviridae. vs pithovirus →cavemovirus 62% match — Any virus of the genus Cavemovirus vs pithovirus →phaeovirus 62% match — Any virus of the genus Phaeovirus vs pithovirus →potyvirus 62% match — Any of many plant viruses of the genus Potyvirus vs pithovirus →