Term: piping plover: small plover of eastern North America
Candidate hypernym: plover: any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers → 1
Candidate hypernym: sociobiologist: a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior → 0
Candidate hypernym: shyness: a feeling of fear of embarrassment → 0
Candidate hypernym: differentia: distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) → 0
Candidate hypernym: torpedo: a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead → 0
Candidate hypernym: operant conditioning: conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response → 0
Candidate hypernym: steer roping: capturing a steer with a lasso → 0
Candidate hypernym: tribalization: the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis → 0
Candidate hypernym: telomerase: an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide → 0
Candidate hypernym: hemoprotein: a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin → 0
Candidate hypernym: potshot: criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration → 0