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A.Word.A.Day--hyponym Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio hyponym (HIE-puh-nim) noun A term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: "Chair' and "table' are hyponyms of "furniture. [Hyp- + -onym, or as back formation from hyponymy] "For example, the acceptability of `A dog is a kind of animal' is interpreted to mean that `dog' is a hyponym of `animal'." Miller, George A., On Knowing a Word, Annual Review of Psychology, 1999. This week's theme: words about words. X-Bonus A book must be an axe for the frozen sea inside of us. -Franz Kafka, Austrian Writer (1883-1924)

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