hyponym

Etymology

hyp- + -onym = hypo- + -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) ("appellation"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

noun

1. (semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.
   The words “dog”, “cat”, and “human” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and humans are types of animal.
   Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult. 1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 86