Term: rickettsia: any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
Candidate hypernym: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: bessera: small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: mealie: an ear of corn → 0
Candidate hypernym: bantamweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: plectophera: in some former classifications: name for the Ephemeroptera → 0
Candidate hypernym: concession: a point conceded or yielded → 0
Candidate hypernym: cryptacanthodes: a genus of Stichaeidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: shirtwaist: a blouse with buttons down the front → 0
Candidate hypernym: motorcycle cop: a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists) → 0
Candidate hypernym: solomon's-seal: any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal → 0
Candidate hypernym: bodkin: formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head → 0