hyponym

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hyponym has 1 sense

hyponym(n = noun.communication) subordinate, subordinate word - a word that is more specific than a given word; Array

is a kind of word

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hyponym, n.

a word that is more specific (less abstract) than a given word; a term designating a class which is a subtype of the given word; a subcategory; a subtype. Inverse of hypernym; as, “dog” is a hyponym of “mammal”, and “mammal” is a hyponym of “vertebrate”. [WordNet 1.5]

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