Term: gaff: a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
Candidate hypernym: spike: each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves) → 1
Candidate hypernym: freak: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed → 0
Candidate hypernym: deviationist: an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) → 0
Candidate hypernym: shape: a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept → 0
Candidate hypernym: holcus: a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America → 0
Candidate hypernym: decoration: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event → 0
Candidate hypernym: monologue: a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor → 0
Candidate hypernym: apterygiformes: a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis → 0
Candidate hypernym: division archaebacteria: in some classifications considered a kingdom → 0
Candidate hypernym: paleomammalogy: the paleobiology of ancient mammals → 0
Candidate hypernym: supersymmetry: (physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces → 0