air sac
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
Types & categories
- sac hypernym
Parts & wholes
- lung part holonym
Related & opposite
- alveolate derivation
Sense 2 noun
any of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects
Types & categories
- sac hypernym
Parts & wholes
- insect part holonym
Sense 3 noun
any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds
Types & categories
- sac hypernym
Parts & wholes
- bird part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alveolate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lung |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sac |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | insect |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sac |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bird |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sac |