Term: virus: (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
Candidate hypernym: infectious agent: an agent capable of producing infection → 1
Candidate hypernym: electric meter: a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used → 0
Candidate hypernym: frame: one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided → 0
Candidate hypernym: yenta: (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant → 0
Candidate hypernym: scythe: an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: toxicodendron: in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America → 0
Candidate hypernym: weasel: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck → 0
Candidate hypernym: associationism: (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: grasshopper: a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao) → 0
Candidate hypernym: scaphosepalum: comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape → 0
Candidate hypernym: street fighter: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing → 0