Term: griot: a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
Candidate hypernym: object: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow → 1
Candidate hypernym: refracting telescope: optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece → 0
Candidate hypernym: drosophilidae: fruit flies → 0
Candidate hypernym: running away: the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be → 0
Candidate hypernym: burgomaster: a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria → 0
Candidate hypernym: autotype: process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment → 0
Candidate hypernym: texan: a native or resident of Texas → 0
Candidate hypernym: investor: someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns → 0
Candidate hypernym: frank breech: position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet → 0
Candidate hypernym: shigella: rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon → 0
Candidate hypernym: thyreophora: armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs → 0