Term: sheep-tick: parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
Candidate hypernym: living thing: a living (or once living) entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: russell's body: an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer → 0
Candidate hypernym: catha edulis: a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea → 0
Candidate hypernym: variation: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished → 0
Candidate hypernym: sea lamprey: large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes → 0
Candidate hypernym: clansman: a member of a clan → 0
Candidate hypernym: foreign intelligence surveillance act: an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance → 0
Candidate hypernym: singularity: the quality of being one of a kind → 0
Candidate hypernym: dirge: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person → 0
Candidate hypernym: sweet calabash: apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies → 0
Candidate hypernym: white rocket: from Mediterranean region; a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe → 0