Term: islands of langerhans: cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones
Candidate hypernym: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: cigar band: a narrow paper band around a cigar → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyoid: a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles → 0
Candidate hypernym: dead duck: something doomed to failure → 0
Candidate hypernym: fountain: an artificially produced flow of water → 0
Candidate hypernym: stone: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed → 0
Candidate hypernym: proletarian: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) → 0
Candidate hypernym: tidal basin: a basin that is full of water at high tide → 0
Candidate hypernym: carbon nanotube: a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape → 0
Candidate hypernym: secondary sex characteristic: the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) → 0
Candidate hypernym: lutetium: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium → 0