Animal virus and Virus

Animal virus noun - An animal pathogen that is a virus.

Virus and animal virus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Virus" instead a noun phrase "Animal virus".

Virus noun - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein.

Animal virus and virus are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Animal virus" with "Virus", this terms are similar.

Nearby Word: viral