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girus

/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
girus
IPA
/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV)

noun

Synonym of giant virus.

Informal

Etymology

Blend of giant + virus; coined by J M Claverie, H Ogata, S Audic, C Abergel, K Suhre, P E Fournier, in a 2006 paper in Virus Research.

Usage

Inflected Forms

giruses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

gyrus

Synonyms

giant virus

Homonyms

gyrus

Rhymes With

virus cyrus papyrus gyrus

Questions

How do you pronounce girus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/.
What does girus mean?
a type of giant virus, a giant nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus (giant NCLDV)
Where does girus come from?
Blend of giant + virus; coined by J M Claverie, H Ogata, S Audic, C Abergel, K Suhre, P E Fournier, in a 2006 paper in Virus Research.

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