Term: old wives' tale: a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: myotis: largest and most widely distributed genus of bats
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: porch: a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: observer: an expert who observes and comments on something
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: honor killing: an ancient tradition still sometimes observed; a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: resistance pyrometer: pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: linsey-woolsey: a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: caller: the person initiating a telephone call
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: line: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: strawberry geranium: eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons