respiratory system
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the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing
Types & categories
- system hypernym
Parts & wholes
- body part holonym
- respiratory tract part meronym
- respiratory organ part meronym
- trachea part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | body |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | respiratory tract |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | respiratory organ |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | trachea |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | system |