Term: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
Candidate hypernym: bivalve: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together → 1
Candidate hypernym: bermuda chub: food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships → 0
Candidate hypernym: bacteria: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: monogamist: someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) → 0
Candidate hypernym: percolation: the act of making coffee in a percolator → 0
Candidate hypernym: cephalosporin: one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: decomposition: the analysis of a vector field → 0
Candidate hypernym: corrective: a device for treating injury or disease → 0
Candidate hypernym: buster: a person who breaks horses → 0
Candidate hypernym: zen buddhist: an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism → 0
Candidate hypernym: bridge: a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth → 0