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hyponym [ˈhaɪpəʊnɪm]
n
(Linguistics) a word whose meaning is included in that of another word `scarlet', `vermilion', and `crimson' are hyponyms of `red' Compare superordinate [3] synonym, antonym
[from hypo- + Greek onoma name]
hyponymy  [haɪˈpɒnəmɪ] n
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Noun1.hyponym - a word that is more specific than a given word
subordinate word, subordinate
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
Translations
hyponym [ˈhaɪpənɪm] N → hipónimo m
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First of all, the species were structured hierarchically into hyperonyms and hyponyms with the help of the Modern English dictionaries mentioned below.
Chicken or hen?: domestic fowl metaphors denoting human beings by Cabanillas, Isabel de la Cruz; Martinez, Cristina Tejedor / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
Various concepts are explained simply: synonyms (words similar in meaning), hyponyms (words that are members of the same class), meronyms (words with part-whole relationships), lexical co-occurrence (words that are related by virtue of the fact that they occur in the same real-life situations and the texts that describe them), repetition and use of pronouns for reference.
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48) and repetition - although he clearly includes synonyms and hyponyms (contextually equivalent words) here (p.
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