In
linguistics, a
hyponym (from Greek
hupó, "under" and
onomas, "name") is a word or
phrase whose
semantic field is included within that of another word, its
hyperonym or
hypernym (from Greek
hupér, "over" and
onomas, "name") . In simpler terms, a hyponym shares a
type-of relationship with its hypernym. For example,
pigeon,
crow,
eagle and
seagull are all hyponyms of
bird (their hypernym); which, in turn, is a hyponym of
animal.