Term: glucagon: a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
Candidate hypernym: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect → 1
Candidate hypernym: pewee: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: glomerulus: a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation → 0
Candidate hypernym: phylloporus boletinoides: a fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and pores that extend part way down the stalk → 0
Candidate hypernym: audition: a test of the suitability of a performer → 0
Candidate hypernym: meridian: an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator → 0
Candidate hypernym: treadmill test: a stress test in which the patient walks on a moving treadmill while the heart and breathing rates are monitored → 0
Candidate hypernym: kingfish: large game fish of Australia and New Zealand → 0
Candidate hypernym: authoring language: software that can be used to develop interactive computer programs without the technically demanding task of computer programming → 0
Candidate hypernym: cornetfish: slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales → 0
Candidate hypernym: nitta tree: any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp → 0