Term: bacillus: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
Candidate hypernym: eubacteria: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella → 1
Candidate hypernym: removal: dismissal from office → 0
Candidate hypernym: scotch woodcock: creamy scrambled eggs on toast spread with anchovy paste → 0
Candidate hypernym: track and field: participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it → 0
Candidate hypernym: pleiades: (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion → 0
Candidate hypernym: blue toadflax: North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: manikin: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal → 0
Candidate hypernym: gnetales: chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms → 0
Candidate hypernym: tablespoon: a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving → 0
Candidate hypernym: keratoconus: abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia → 0
Candidate hypernym: vibrator: mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage → 0