Term: pilus: hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: august: the month following July and preceding September → 0
Candidate hypernym: bull tongue: a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields → 0
Candidate hypernym: quartz lamp: a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container → 0
Candidate hypernym: dip: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms → 0
Candidate hypernym: variously-leaved pondweed: of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: civil defense: activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster → 0
Candidate hypernym: bird: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food → 0
Candidate hypernym: neofiber: round-tailed muskrat → 0
Candidate hypernym: arum: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe → 0
Candidate hypernym: colloquium: an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting → 0