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Sea horse
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Noun
- 1 Any of the small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- 2 small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position wordnet
- 3 The walrus. obsolete
"One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses."
- 4 either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber wordnet
- 5 Synonym of hippocampus.
"Instead, it seems to be a unique case that ends in the tail of a hippocamp or seahorse, although with one fin now missing. Ultimately, the form might have been inspired by bent-leg vases produced in Greece."
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- 6 Any of a series of high-value British stamps issued during the reign of King George V, featuring a depiction of Britannia on a chariot in choppy seas.
- 7 A hippopotamus. obsolete
"As most authors mention the hippopotamus under the names of the sea-horse, or the sea-cow, he has sometimes been confounded with the latter, which inhabits only the northern seas."
Etymology
From Middle English sehors (“walrus”), equivalent to sea + horse. Probably a calque of obsolete French cheval de mer or directly of Late Latin caballus marinus.
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