Term: red herring: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: plainclothesman: a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty → 0
Candidate hypernym: electric burn: a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current → 0
Candidate hypernym: japanese privet: evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet → 0
Candidate hypernym: arista: bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies → 0
Candidate hypernym: serration: a row of notches → 0
Candidate hypernym: peltate leaf: a shield-shaped leaf; as a nasturtium leaf → 0
Candidate hypernym: offing: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area → 0
Candidate hypernym: vibration: the act of vibrating → 0
Candidate hypernym: beep: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning → 0
Candidate hypernym: macadamia: any tree of the genus Macadamia → 0