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virus
A category of extremely small microscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria. Viruses are not cells but rather RNA or DNA molecules surrounded by a protein coating. Since viruses cannot reproduce without a host cell, they are not strictly speaking living organisms. There are many kinds of viruses.
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