Term: alectoris: a genus of Perdicidae
Candidate hypernym: bird genus: a genus of birds → 1
Candidate hypernym: notochord: a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates → 0
Candidate hypernym: zymology: the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling) → 0
Candidate hypernym: permanganate: a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic → 0
Candidate hypernym: ology: an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge → 0
Candidate hypernym: indulgence: the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution → 0
Candidate hypernym: meat: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food → 0
Candidate hypernym: four hundred: the exclusive social set of a city → 0
Candidate hypernym: handicap: advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning → 0
Candidate hypernym: solomon's-seal: any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal → 0
Candidate hypernym: cytogenetics: the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) → 0