hip•po•camp
(hĭpə-kămp′) or hip•po•cam•pus(hĭp′ə-kămpəs)
(hĭpə-kămp′) or hip•po•cam•pus(hĭp′ə-kămpəs)n.pl. hip•po•camps or hip•po•cam•pi(-pī′)
Greek & Roman Mythology
Greek & Roman Mythology
A marine creature having the head and forelegs of a horse and the body and tail of a dolphin or fish.
[Late Latin, fromGreekhippokampos : hippos, horse; see ekwo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + kampos, sea monster.]
hippocampdetail of a mosaic at the Roman Baths
Bath, England