phage
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1. a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | virus, |
| definition | : | (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coliphage, |
| definition | : | a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | typhoid bacteriophage, |
| definition | : | a bacteriophage specific for the bacterium Salmonella typhi (noun.animal) |
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