1) Animal virus 1) Rotavirus 
any of a group of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses constituting the family Reoviridae, a small group of animal and plant viruses. The virions of ... [2 related articles]
<virology> A genus of viruses (family Reoviridae) that are 75 to 80 nm in diameter, with distinct double layers of capsomeres, and have vertebrates as hosts; a causative relationship to illness has not been proven. ... They have been recovered from children with mild fever and sometimes diarrhoea, and from children with no apparent infection;...
(re´o-vi″rәs) any virus of the family Reoviridae.
Type: Term Pronunciation: rē′ō-vī′rŭs Definitions: 1. A genus of viruses now currently called Orthoreovirus (family Reoviridae) that are 80 nm in diameter, with distinct double layers of capsomeres, and have vertebrates as hosts; they have been recovered from children with upper respiratory tract infections, mild fev...
[n] - any of a group of RNA viruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis
noun any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis