Term: red herring: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: plainclothesman: a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: electric burn: a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: japanese privet: evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than Chinese privet
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: arista: bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: serration: a row of notches
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: peltate leaf: a shield-shaped leaf; as a nasturtium leaf
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: offing: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: vibration: the act of vibrating
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: beep: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: macadamia: any tree of the genus Macadamia