Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ranavirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ranavirus
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any virus of the genus Ranavirus, many of which cause disease in amphibians

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin rana (“frog”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rana

Inflected Forms

ranaviruses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ranaviral

Questions

What does ranavirus mean?: Any virus of the genus Ranavirus, many of which cause disease in amphibians
Where does ranavirus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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