Term: bittern: relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
Candidate hypernym: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food → 1
Candidate hypernym: decision: (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred → 0
Candidate hypernym: sluggard: an idle slothful person → 0
Candidate hypernym: muffin: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan → 0
Candidate hypernym: converging lens: lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus → 0
Candidate hypernym: rotarian: a member of a Rotary Club → 0
Candidate hypernym: academy: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature → 0
Candidate hypernym: inland bill: a bill of exchange that is both drawn and made payable in the same country → 0
Candidate hypernym: mendacity: the tendency to be untruthful → 0
Candidate hypernym: why: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' → 0
Candidate hypernym: casuistry: argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading → 0