Term: maltese dog: breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat
Candidate hypernym: toy dog: any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets → 1
Candidate hypernym: bamboo: woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture → 0
Candidate hypernym: sitting: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position → 0
Candidate hypernym: european fire salamander: a kind of European salamander → 0
Candidate hypernym: ponytail: a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail → 0
Candidate hypernym: dieter: a person who diets → 0
Candidate hypernym: sinking: a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength) → 0
Candidate hypernym: automatic transmission: a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car → 0
Candidate hypernym: cherry-tree gum: exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic → 0
Candidate hypernym: polarimeter: an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light → 0
Candidate hypernym: attosecond: one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond → 0