sea horse

or seahorse

noun

any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.

a fabled marine animal with the foreparts of a horse and the hind parts of a fish.

a walrus.

Origin of sea horse

1425–75; late Middle English sehors walrus; compare German Seepferd

Words nearby sea horse

sea heath, Seahenge, sea hog, sea holly, sea hollyhock, sea horse, sea-island cotton, Sea Islands, seajack, sea kale, seakale beet

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Example sentences from the Web for sea horse

Certainly he might justly have been called a sea-horse—better than many of the amphibious animals who bear that name.
In Search of the Castaways|Jules Verne
The deck of the lugger was crowded with men, and the course she was steering brought her within a length of the Sea-horse.
With Moore at Corunna|G. A. Henty
He reports the existence of a sea-horse (hai ma) at Malacca, which comes out of the ocean in pursuit of a mare.
The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.|E. Rameur
In what ways is the Sea-horse so different from most other fish?
Within the Deep|R. Cadwallader Smith

In return for these they gave me two fox-skins, and a couple of sea-horse teeth.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16|Robert Kerr

British Dictionary definitions for sea horse

sea horse

noun

any marine teleost fish of the temperate and tropical genus Hippocampus, having a bony-plated body, a prehensile tail, and a horselike head and swimming in an upright position: family Syngnathidae (pipefishes)

an archaic name for the walrus

a fabled sea creature with the tail of a fish and the front parts of a horse

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单词	sea horse
释义	sea horse or seahorse noun any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body. a fabled marine animal with the foreparts of a horse and the hind parts of a fish. a walrus. Origin of sea horse 1425–75; late Middle English sehors walrus; compare German Seepferd Words nearby sea horse sea heath, Seahenge, sea hog, sea holly, sea hollyhock, sea horse, sea-island cotton, Sea Islands, seajack, sea kale, seakale beet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sea horse Certainly he might justly have been called a sea-horse—better than many of the amphibious animals who bear that name. In Search of the Castaways\|Jules Verne The deck of the lugger was crowded with men, and the course she was steering brought her within a length of the Sea-horse. With Moore at Corunna\|G. A. Henty He reports the existence of a sea-horse (hai ma) at Malacca, which comes out of the ocean in pursuit of a mare. The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.\|E. Rameur In what ways is the Sea-horse so different from most other fish? Within the Deep\|R. Cadwallader Smith In return for these they gave me two fox-skins, and a couple of sea-horse teeth. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16\|Robert Kerr British Dictionary definitions for sea horse sea horse noun any marine teleost fish of the temperate and tropical genus Hippocampus, having a bony-plated body, a prehensile tail, and a horselike head and swimming in an upright position: family Syngnathidae (pipefishes) an archaic name for the walrus a fabled sea creature with the tail of a fish and the front parts of a horse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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