Hypernyms for "dolphin"
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beluga
black whale
blackfish
bottlenose
bottlenose dolphin
bottle-nosed dolphin
common blackfish
common dolphin
Coryphaena equisetis
Coryphaena hippurus
Delphinapterus leucas
Delphinus delphis
Globicephala melaena
grampus
Grampus griseus
killer
killer whale
orca
Orcinus orca
pilot whale
porpoise
river dolphin
sea wolf
white whale
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.