Term: american bittern: a kind of bittern
Candidate hypernym: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement → 1
Candidate hypernym: tailstock: support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece → 0
Candidate hypernym: trammel net: a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh → 0
Candidate hypernym: aeolian: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks → 0
Candidate hypernym: electric hammer: a hammer driven by electric motor → 0
Candidate hypernym: trammel: an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace → 0
Candidate hypernym: seismologist: a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth → 0
Candidate hypernym: jelly bean: sugar-glazed jellied candy → 0
Candidate hypernym: tribesman: someone who lives in a tribe → 0
Candidate hypernym: grasshopper mouse: insectivorous mouse of western North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: fundamental: the lowest tone of a harmonic series → 0