Taxon Etymology

Etymology: from Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, Florida, USA, where the first member of the family was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: frfom Wǔhàn millipede virus 2, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Alphainfluenzavirus, Isavirus and Thogotovirus, three genera in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from the Latin articulata, meaning "segmented", referring to the segmented genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: phonetically from the Hebrew אַמְנוּן (amnun) for the fish tilapia, referring to tilapia lake virus, a member of this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos), meaning “correct” or “straight” and the Ancient Greek μύξα, (mýxa), meaning "mucus", referring to infection of the respiratory mucosa by viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from picornavirus supergroup, referring to a historical name for some members of the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

Etymology: from the Italian duplo meaning "double" (a reference to double-stranded RNA) and picobirnaviruses, members of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from the Italian duplo meaning "double" (a reference to double-stranded) and RNA for ribonucleaic acid, referring to the RNA genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Medieval Latin amalgama, meaning "mercury alloy", referring to the fact that viruses of the family blend (or alloy) the properties of the viruses in the Partitiviridae (re: phylogeny) and the obsolete taxon Totiviridae (re: genome organization); the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Curvularia protuberata, host of the first characterized virus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin partitius, meaning “divided”, referring to the bisegmented dsRNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Greek pico, meaning “small”, the Latin prefix bi, meaning “two” and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the bisegmented dsRNA viral genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Latin soror, meaning sister, and partiti-like, referring to the phylogenetic placement of HsPV1-like viruses as a sister group to bona fide partitivirids; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Greek mýkēs (myco), meaning "fungi, the Greek pleíōn (pleion), meaning "multiple" and RNA referring to a class of multi-segmemnted, dsRNA fungal viruses; the suffix ‑viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: From the Greek xenos, meaning “alien” and the Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphos), meaning "brothers", referring the evolutionary relationship of two families in the order (Polymycoviridae and Hadakaviridae) despite their differences in genome structure and virion formation; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Japanese hadaka (裸、はだか), meaning “naked”, referring to the capsidless nature of viruses in this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), meaning “many" and mukēs (myco), meaning fungus, referring to the hosts of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the names of the founding orders (Picornavirales, Sobelivirales, Nidovirales); the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

Etymology: from the Latin nidus, meaning "nest", referring to the nested set of subgenomic mRNAs produced during replication of viruses in the taxon, with the addition of the vowel o ; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from Abyssoviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from the word abyss, referring to the aquatic environment where Aplysia californica, the host of Aplysia abyssovirus 1, is found and the addition of the vowel o; to the Sumerian god of watery depths Abzu, and to the discovery of Aplysia abyssovirus 1 in an RNA transcriptome obtained by “deep” sequencing technology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Arteriviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from the name of a disease in horses, arteritis, caused by equine arteritis virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: in part referring to Mauremys megalocephala, the host of the chinese broadheaded pond turtle arterivirus, a member of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear

Etymology: from Guandong greater green snake arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Hain oligodonformosanus arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Coronaviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from the Latin corona, meaning “halo”, referring to the appearance of virion surface projections on viruses of the family, which create an image reminiscent of the solar corona; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Mesoniviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from the Latin medius, meaning “middle”, and Nidovirales, referring to the genome size of viruses in the family, relative to other nidoviruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), meaning "middle", and Nidovirales, referring to the genome size of viruses in the family, relative to other nidoviruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Mononiviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos), meaning “sole" or "single” and Nidovirales, referring to the single open reading frame organisation of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Nanghoshaviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from Nanhai ghost shark arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: in part referring to Hyporhamphus sajori, the host of Wuhan japanese halfbeak arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear

Etymology: from Roniviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from the Ancient Greek εὖ (eû), meaning “well" or "good”, and Roniviridae; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear

Etymology: from rod-shaped nidovirus, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Tobaniviridae, the consonant r and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon and a consonant; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

Etymology: from Torovirus, Bafinivirus and Nidovirales, taxa in this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

Etymology: from Picornaviridae (itself from the Spanish pico, meaning "small"or "sharp") and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the size of the RNA genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

Etymology: from the Latin calix, meaning “cup” or “goblet”, referring to cup-shaped depressions on the virion surface of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa