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('is a' relation or hyponym-hyperonym), generic relation, genus-species relation: a hierarchical subordinate relation. (A is kind of B; A is subordinate to B; A is narrower than B; B is broader than A).

The 'is a' relation denotes what class an object is a member of. For example, 'CAR - is a - VEHICLE' and 'CHICKEN - is a - BIRD'.

It can be thought of as being a shorthand for 'is a type of'. When all the relationships in a system are 'is a', is the system a taxonomy. The 'generic of' option allows you to indicate all the particular types (species, hyponyms) of a concept. The 'specific of' option al-lows you to indicate the common genus (hypernym) of all the particular types.