Term: barb: one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
Candidate hypernym: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber → 1
Candidate hypernym: hemangioma: benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks → 0
Candidate hypernym: psychic phenomena: phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes → 0
Candidate hypernym: amia: type genus of the Amiidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: ninth: position nine in a countable series of things → 0
Candidate hypernym: personality: the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual → 0
Candidate hypernym: tea rose: any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: alkalemia: a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bushman: a dweller in the Australian bush country → 0
Candidate hypernym: elixir of life: a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists → 0
Candidate hypernym: yawn: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom → 0