Term: tick: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
Candidate hypernym: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: affection: a positive feeling of liking → 0
Candidate hypernym: motion: a state of change → 0
Candidate hypernym: lusterware: pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus cyclops: copepod water fleas → 0
Candidate hypernym: estrus: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: dinginess: discoloration due to dirtiness → 0
Candidate hypernym: ironworker: a person who makes articles of iron → 0
Candidate hypernym: water vole: common large Eurasian vole → 0
Candidate hypernym: brass buttons: South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental → 0
Candidate hypernym: myelatelia: any developmental defect of the spinal cord → 0