Term: nest egg: device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
Candidate hypernym: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: california bluebell: desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes → 0
Candidate hypernym: corrugated iron: usually galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel shaped into straight parallel ridges and hollows → 0
Candidate hypernym: xiphias: type genus of the Xiphiidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: apple butter: thick dark spicy puree of apples → 0
Candidate hypernym: youngness: the opposite of oldness → 0
Candidate hypernym: featherweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: abo blood group system: a classification system for the antigens of human blood; used in blood transfusion therapy; four groups are A and B and AB and O → 0
Candidate hypernym: certificate of incorporation: state approval of the articles of incorporation of a corporation → 0
Candidate hypernym: poolroom: a room with pool tables where pool is played → 0
Candidate hypernym: dibranchiata: comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish) → 0