Definition of "virophages" [virophages]

• Plural form of virophage. (noun)

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• "Even better than jumbo shrimp is the jumbo mimi virus - the size of bacteria - visable on a gram stain slide with just a light microscope - on closer inspection it had its own little virophages - how cool is that?"
• "The discovery of virophages - a "newly discovered type of virus that spreads at the expense o ..."