any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
Word origin
C20: from Latin baculum walking stick + virus
Examples of 'baculovirus' in a sentence
baculovirus
A gene very similar to one from baculovirus, for example, enables the bacterium to penetrate the insect gut lining.
The Scientist (2001)
Because infectious baculovirus virions are not produced in mammalian culture, working with baculovirusesoften requires less extensive biosafety precautions.