ebola virus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ebola virus
    n 1: a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by
         animals; can be used as a bioweapon

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ebola virus \E*bo"la vir`us\ (Med.) ([-e]*b[=o]"l[.a]
   v[imac]'r[u^]s), n.
   an exceptionally virulent hemorrhaic virus with a high
   mortality rate, first recognized in an outbreak on the Ebola
   river in africa.
   [PJC]