Term: bubonic plague: the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
Candidate hypernym: plague: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal → 1
Candidate hypernym: goats' milk: the milk of a goat → 0
Candidate hypernym: platycephalidae: scorpaenoid flatheads → 0
Candidate hypernym: marsh pink: any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury → 0
Candidate hypernym: butcher: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market → 0
Candidate hypernym: visible spectrum: the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism → 0
Candidate hypernym: asian influenza: influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957 → 0
Candidate hypernym: driving school: a school where people are taught to drive automobiles → 0
Candidate hypernym: baptistic doctrine: any of various doctrines closely related to Anabaptism → 0
Candidate hypernym: taxidermy: the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance → 0
Candidate hypernym: domestic fowl: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl → 0