The relationship between specific and general words, where the former is included in the latter ('kangaroo' is a hyponym of 'animal').

the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

A hierarchical semantic relationship between two words in which the meaning of one is encompassed in the meaning of the other, but not vice versa; for example, the meaning of the word "flower" encompasses the meaning of the word "rose," but the meaning of the word "rose"does not encompass the meaning of the word "flower."

"Inverse of hypernymy; for example,mammal is a more general type than horse."

The state or quality of being a hyponym; as, hyponymy is symbolized by the tag "hypon".