Virivorous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving or sustained by the consumption of viruses. not-comparable

    "It is thus tempting to believe that virivorous organisms, like bacterivorous ones, should be able to optimize their food uptake by exploiting patches of high prey abundances."

Example

More examples

"It is thus tempting to believe that virivorous organisms, like bacterivorous ones, should be able to optimize their food uptake by exploiting patches of high prey abundances."

Etymology

From viri- + -vorous.

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