1. any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease; [syn: parvovirus, parvo]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
parvo
n 1: any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral
protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not
known to be associated with any human disease [syn:
parvovirus, parvo]