Translingual

Proper noun

Betacoronavirus n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Secoviridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Virus - kingdom; Picornavirales - order; Secoviridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Betacoronavirus 1, Human coronavirus HKU1, Murine coronavirus, Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5, Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Tylonycteris bat coronovirus HKU4 - accepted species; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - species of uncertain status

English

Noun

betacoronavirus ‎(plural betacoronaviruses)

1. Any member of the genus Betacoronavirus.
   • 2015 August 13, You-Jin Kim et al., “Complete Genome Sequence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus KOR/KNIH/002_05_2015, Isolated in South Korea”, in Genome Announcements, volume 3, DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00787-15:

     Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is the first betacoronavirus lineage C member isolated from humans.