- Definition : A lexical relationship in which one word describes a category and other words the members of that category.
- Examples :
mammal / horse, dog, rabbit etc
- The word describing the category is known as the superordinate; the members of the category are called co-hyponyms.
Further Reading
Gairns and Redman, Working with Words, Cambridge
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