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▪ I. capsid, a. and n.1|ˈkæpsɪd|
[f. mod.L. Caps-us (see def.) + -id3.]
A. adj. Belonging to the Capsidæ, a family of heteropterous insects including the genus Capsus.
B. n. An insect of this family.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1932London Gaz. 28 Oct. 6796 The Apple Capsid (Essex) Order of 1932... On being satisfied that the Apple Capsid exists on any such trees or bushes [etc.]. 1934Discovery Sept. 252/2 In Kenya..it [sc. pyrethrum] is effective against capsid and antestia bugs, which are harmful to coffee plants. 1959Southwood & Leston Land & Water Bugs viii. 201 Great care should be taken when collecting capsid bugs. 1960Times 25 July 11/6 Scales, capsids, tsetses.
▪ II. capsid, n.2|ˈkæpsɪd|
[ad. F. capside (A. Lwoff et al. 1959, in Ann. de l'Inst. Pasteur XCVII. 286), f. L. capsa box (see capsa) + -id2.]
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1964Inst. Biol. Jrnl. XI. 93 Capsid, the quasi-crystalline shell, built up by the regular arrangement of capsomeres, to produce the structure that is the stable and transmissible form of some viruses. 1964New Scientist 23 July 210 Some viruses consist of a single protein coat or ‘capsid’ enveloping the infective nucleic acid. 1964G. H. Haggis Introd. Molecular Biol. iv. 83 A number of other small spherical viruses have been shown to contain nucleic acid within similar protein envelopes, now called capsids. |