English noun: bioweapon | |||
1. | bioweapon (artifact) any weapon usable in biological warfare | ||
Samples | They feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon. | ||
Synonyms | bioarm, biological weapon | ||
Broader (hypernym) | W.M.D., weapon of mass destruction, WMD | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aflatoxin, anthrax bacillus, Bacillus anthracis, botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin, clostridium perfringens, SEB, staphylococcal enterotoxin B | ||