Term: shark: any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: night: a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom → 0
Candidate hypernym: charity: an activity or gift that benefits the public at large → 0
Candidate hypernym: lactogen: any agent that enhances milk production → 0
Candidate hypernym: subsystem: a system that is part of some larger system → 0
Candidate hypernym: stirrup cup: a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic → 0
Candidate hypernym: bookshop: a shop where books are sold → 0
Candidate hypernym: dhu'l-hijja: the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years → 0
Candidate hypernym: lanthanum: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth → 0
Candidate hypernym: false lily of the valley: small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan → 0
Candidate hypernym: perchlorate: a salt of perchloric acid → 0