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Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Dicistroviridae Proposal: Ratification_2002a.pdf  ICTV Report: Dicistroviridae Reference: PMID: 6659369 

from the Greek di-, meaning "two" and cistron, a genetic unit, referring to the characteristic dicistronic arrangement of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa