Term: owl: nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
Candidate hypernym: living thing: a living (or once living) entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: borough english: a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers → 0
Candidate hypernym: thresher: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed → 0
Candidate hypernym: contraception: birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery → 0
Candidate hypernym: caliche: crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions → 0
Candidate hypernym: witchgrass: North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land → 0
Candidate hypernym: spheniscus: type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins → 0
Candidate hypernym: murderer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) → 0
Candidate hypernym: antifungal: any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi → 0
Candidate hypernym: poisonous plant: a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism → 0
Candidate hypernym: closer: (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game → 0