croup
English Thesaurus
1. the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | body part, |
| definition | : | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | haunch, |
| definition | : | the loin and leg of a quadruped (noun.animal) |
| part meronym | : | bird, |
| definition | : | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| part meronym | : | quadruped, |
| definition | : | an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking (noun.animal) |
2. a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | angina, |
| definition | : | any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | croupy, |
| definition | : | resembling or arising from or indicating croup (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | croupy, |
| definition | : | resembling or arising from or indicating croup (adj.pert) |
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