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Torus
- noun -
The receptacle of a flower
- a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
- commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
Varus
- noun - a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree
- Publius Quinctilius Varus (46 BC – AD 9) was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus.
Virus
- noun - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"
Xerus
- unknown - An African ground squirrel.