Megaviricetes

Translingual

Etymology

From mega- +‎ -viricetes.

Proper noun

Megaviricetes

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Nucleocytoviricota – very large viruses, with DNA typically having functions not found in other viruses.

Hypernyms

• (class): Varidnaviria – realm; Bamfordvirae – kingdom; Nucleocytoviricota – phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Alavirales; Imitervirales; Pimascovirales - orders
  • Marseilleviridae - family not placed in order

References

• Megaviricetes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Megaviricetes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Megaviricetes at National Center for Biotechnology Information