myxovirus

English Thesaurus

1. any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	animal virus,
definition	:	an animal pathogen that is a virus (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	orthomyxovirus,
definition	:	a group of viruses including those causing influenza (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	paramyxovirus,
definition	:	a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles (noun.animal)