Term: tortoiseshell: the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
Candidate hypernym: animal material: material derived from animals → 1
Candidate hypernym: assimilation: the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family → 0
Candidate hypernym: purpura: any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding → 0
Candidate hypernym: meniere's disease: a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral) → 0
Candidate hypernym: extirpation: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence → 0
Candidate hypernym: volt: a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it → 0
Candidate hypernym: tinca: tench → 0
Candidate hypernym: federal: a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War → 0
Candidate hypernym: abyssinian banana: large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa → 0
Candidate hypernym: naval attache: a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in a navy → 0
Candidate hypernym: vehicle-borne transmission: indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested → 0