chordopox
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[edit]Noun
[edit]chordopox (plural chordopox)
- Any virus of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae.
- Synonym: chordopoxvirus
- 2003 December 23, “Extensive gene gain associated with adaptive evolution of poxviruses”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:
- Poxviruses are broadly classified into insect-infecting viruses (entomopox) and vertebrate-infecting viruses (chordopox). The chordopox are further divided into eight genera.