See Also: peltry(medicine)
peltry(1)(dictionary)
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myxovirus (iou) and peltry (medicine)


myxovirus (iou)



myxovirus noun. M20.
[from MYXO- + VIRUS.]
Biology. Any of a group of related RNA viruses that includes the influenza virus. Orig. also, a paramyxovirus.

peltry (medicine)


peltry
Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.

Origin: F. Pelleterie peltry, furriery, fr. Pelletier a furrier, fr. OF. Pel skin, F. Peau, L. Pelis. See Pelt a skin, Pell, Fell a skin.

Source: Websters Dictionary