Term: sheep: a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
Candidate hypernym: follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another → 1
Candidate hypernym: clove: spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: liniment: a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain → 0
Candidate hypernym: western pipistrel: of western North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: tree: a figure that branches from a single root → 0
Candidate hypernym: chauvinist: a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind → 0
Candidate hypernym: cornish: a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall → 0
Candidate hypernym: brick cheese: semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form → 0
Candidate hypernym: global warming: an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) → 0
Candidate hypernym: petromyzon: typical lampreys → 0
Candidate hypernym: homunculus: a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell → 0