Term: cosmid: (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments
Candidate hypernym: vector: (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell → 1
Candidate hypernym: coyote: small wolf native to western North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: desperate straits: a state of extreme distress → 0
Candidate hypernym: thorn: a Germanic character of runic origin → 0
Candidate hypernym: fragmentation bomb: a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles → 0
Candidate hypernym: carya: genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China → 0
Candidate hypernym: insectivore: any organism that feeds mainly on insects → 0
Candidate hypernym: marmalade tree: tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum → 0
Candidate hypernym: editing: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form → 0
Candidate hypernym: eurasian green toad: Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring → 0
Candidate hypernym: type genus: (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described → 0