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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hip•po•cam•pus (hip′ə kam′pəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pi (-pī, -pē).USA pronunciation - Mythology[Class. Myth.]a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- Anatomyan enfolding of cerebral cortex into the lateral fissure of a cerebral hemisphere, having the shape in cross section of a sea horse.
- Greek hippókampos, equivalent. to hippo- hippo- + kámpos sea monster
- Latin
- 1600–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hippocampus /ˌhɪpəʊˈkæmpəs/ n ( pl -pi / -paɪ/)- a mythological sea creature with the forelegs of a horse and the tail of a fish
- any marine teleost fish of the genus Hippocampus, having a horselike head
See sea horse - an area of cerebral cortex that forms a ridge in the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain, which in cross section has the shape of a sea horse. It functions as part of the limbic system
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek hippos horse + kampos a sea monster |