Hypernyms for "animal oil"
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acylglycerol
blubber
bone oil
cod liver oil
cod-liver oil
Dippel''s oil
dolphin oil
drying oil
fish oil
fish-liver oil
glyceride
goose grease
halibut-liver oil
lanolin
lard oil
menhaden oil
neat''s-foot oil
oleo oil
porpoise oil
salmon oil
sardine oil
seal oil
shark oil
shark-liver oil
sperm oil
tallow
tallow oil
train oil
whale oil
wool fat
wool grease
wool oil
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.