COMOVIRUS
\kəmˈuːva͡ɪɹəs], \kəmˈuːvaɪɹəs], \k_ə_m_ˈuː_v_aɪ_ɹ_ə_s]\
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A genus of plant viruses of the family COMOVIRIDAE in which the bipartite genome is encapsidated in separate icosahedral particles. Mosaic and mottle symptoms are characteristic, and transmission is exclusively by leaf-feeding beetles. Cowpea mosaic virus is the type species.
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