Term: fossa: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Candidate hypernym: carnivore: a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal → 1
Candidate hypernym: mantua: loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries → 0
Candidate hypernym: astronomical unit: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers) → 0
Candidate hypernym: political scientist: a social scientist specializing in the study of government → 0
Candidate hypernym: perca: type genus of the Percidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: methaqualone: sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse → 0
Candidate hypernym: pogonophora: beard worms → 0
Candidate hypernym: card: a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) → 0
Candidate hypernym: patella: type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets → 0
Candidate hypernym: probabilism: (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action → 0
Candidate hypernym: high-five: a gesture of greeting or elation; one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person → 0