sea horse
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sea horse
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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. Named so after the shape of its head being similar to horse's head.
noun sea horses · seahorse · sea-horse
- Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- 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.
- A hippopotamus. 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.
- A walrus. One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses.
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Synonym of hippocampus.
In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.]
Similar: hippocampus
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noun fish
| Español | hipocampo, caballito de mar, caballito marino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 해마 haema |
| 日本語 | 竜の落とし子 tatsuno-otoshigo |
| 中文 | 海馬 /海马 hǎimǎ |
| हिन्दी | अश्वमीन aśvamīn |
| Kiswahili | mbuzi-bahari |
| Português | cavalo-marinho |
| Français | hippocampe |
| Deutsch | Seepferdchen |
| Italiano | cavalluccio marino, ippocampo |
| Ελληνικά | ιππόκαμπος ippókampos |
| Română | căluț de mare, hipocamp |
| Русский | морско́й конёк morskój konjók |
| Tiếng Việt | cá ngựa, hải mã |
| العربية | فَرَس بَحْر faras baḥr |
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