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Hyponym

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

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 ldquodogrdquo is a hyponym of ldquomammalrdquo and ldquomammalrdquo is a hyponym of ldquovertebraterdquo

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