any of the viruses belonging to the Rhabdoviradae family, which are composed of rod-shaped particles that can infect living organisms, and which include the viruses that cause rabies
Word origin
C20: from New Latin, from Greek rhabdos rod + virus
rhabdovirus in American English
(ˈræbdoʊˌvaɪrəs)
noun
any of a large family (Rhabdoviridae) of RNA viruses with a wide range of animal hosts and vectors, including the virus that causes rabies