History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Megabirnaviridae; Proposal: 2010.002a-gF.A.v1.Megabirnaviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Megabirnaviridae; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning “great", and Birnaviridae, referring to the size of the bisegmented dsRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa