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What is a hyponyms and a what is its meaning​

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A hyponym is a word or phrase whose semantic field is more specific than its hypernym. ... For example, verbs such as stare, gaze, view and peer can also be considered hyponyms of the verb look, which is their hypernym. Hypernyms and hyponyms are asymmetric.

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