Term: whooping cough: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
Candidate hypernym: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact → 1
Candidate hypernym: autofluorescence: self-induced fluorescence → 0
Candidate hypernym: ptolemy: an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra → 0
Candidate hypernym: spanish paprika: a mild seasoning made from a variety of pimiento grown in Spain → 0
Candidate hypernym: dall sheep: large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska → 0
Candidate hypernym: meadowlark: North American songbirds having a yellow breast → 0
Candidate hypernym: bundling: the act of shoving hastily → 0
Candidate hypernym: bastnasite: a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements → 0
Candidate hypernym: azote: an obsolete name for nitrogen → 0
Candidate hypernym: niger franc: the basic unit of money in Niger → 0
Candidate hypernym: string bean: green beans with strings that must be removed → 0