genus Hippocampus

genus Hippocampus
noun
seahorses
Syn: ↑Hippocampus
Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Syngnathidae, ↑family Syngnathidae
Member Meronyms: ↑seahorse, ↑sea horse

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  • Hippocampus — Hip po*cam pus, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. ? a hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); i ppos horse + ? to bend.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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