Term: old wives' tale: a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: myotis: largest and most widely distributed genus of bats → 0
Candidate hypernym: porch: a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance → 0
Candidate hypernym: observer: an expert who observes and comments on something → 0
Candidate hypernym: honor killing: an ancient tradition still sometimes observed; a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image → 0
Candidate hypernym: resistance pyrometer: pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire → 0
Candidate hypernym: linsey-woolsey: a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof → 0
Candidate hypernym: caller: the person initiating a telephone call → 0
Candidate hypernym: line: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent → 0
Candidate hypernym: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context → 0
Candidate hypernym: strawberry geranium: eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons → 0