n.
Pronunciation: ' f ī -l ō - ˌ v ī -r ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin filum thread + New Latin -o- + virus
Date: 1989
: any of a family ( Filoviridae ) of single-stranded chiefly filamentous RNA viruses infecting vertebrates that includes the Marburg virus and the Ebola viruses