Term: shorebird: any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: civil union: a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex → 0
Candidate hypernym: spree killer: a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time → 0
Candidate hypernym: heracleum: widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: lepidophobia: a morbid fear of snakes → 0
Candidate hypernym: purple sage: silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: unsoundness: a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid → 0
Candidate hypernym: femtosecond: one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond → 0
Candidate hypernym: varix: abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel → 0
Candidate hypernym: robinia: deciduous flowering trees and shrubs → 0
Candidate hypernym: quotability: the quality of being worthy of being quoted → 0