Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bovine papillomavirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: bovine -pa-pil-lo-mavirus
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a paraphyletic group of DNA viruses that commonly cause warts on cattle.

Inflected Forms

bovine papillomaviruses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

BPV SPV Shope papillomavirus HPV human papillomavirus

Questions

What does bovine papillomavirus mean?: Any of a paraphyletic group of DNA viruses that commonly cause warts on cattle.

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