MIMIVIRUS

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mimivirus (plural mimiviruses)

A virus, of the genus Mimivirus, associated with some amoebas; it has a very large capsid and complex genome

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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