hip|po|cam|pus

hip|po|cam|pus
hip|po|cam|pus «HIHP uh KAM puhs», noun, plural -pi «-py».
1. any one of a group of small fishes having a horse-shaped head; sea horse.
2. Anatomy. a ridge along the extension of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
[< Latin hippocampus < Greek hippókampos sea horse (of Neptune); the fish < híppos horse + kámpos sea monster]

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