Term: glucagon: a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
Candidate hypernym: body substance: the substance of the body → 1
Candidate hypernym: enteric bacteria: rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: hippopotamidae: hippopotami → 0
Candidate hypernym: hunter-gatherer: a member of a hunting and gathering society → 0
Candidate hypernym: coordinate clause: a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function → 0
Candidate hypernym: name: a language unit by which a person or thing is known → 0
Candidate hypernym: statutory law: the body of laws created by legislative statutes → 0
Candidate hypernym: alder blight: a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse) → 0
Candidate hypernym: commercial: a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television → 0
Candidate hypernym: narrowness: the property of being narrow; having little width → 0
Candidate hypernym: screw key: a wrench for turning a screw → 0