Term: siren: a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
Candidate hypernym: sea nymph: (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus → 1
Candidate hypernym: moquette: a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery → 0
Candidate hypernym: saluki: old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: teamster: someone who drives a truck as an occupation → 0
Candidate hypernym: myasthenia gravis: a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions → 0
Candidate hypernym: summary: a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form → 0
Candidate hypernym: spondee: a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables → 0
Candidate hypernym: shipbuilder: a business that builds and repairs ships → 0
Candidate hypernym: contextual definition: a definition in which the term is used by embedding it in a larger expression containing its explanation → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus dendrobium: large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia → 0
Candidate hypernym: cushaw: globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind → 0