Term: herpetology: the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians
Candidate hypernym: discipline: a branch of knowledge → 1
Candidate hypernym: hour circle: a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles → 0
Candidate hypernym: oligodendrocyte: a cell of the oligodendroglia → 0
Candidate hypernym: mercator projection: a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator → 0
Candidate hypernym: oregonian: a native or resident of Oregon → 0
Candidate hypernym: wankel engine: a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts → 0
Candidate hypernym: promenade: a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk → 0
Candidate hypernym: jurisdiction: in law; the territory within which power can be exercised → 0
Candidate hypernym: black kite: dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion → 0
Candidate hypernym: chew: a wad of something chewable as tobacco → 0
Candidate hypernym: inversion: a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex → 0