sea horse

British  

noun

1. 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)

2. an archaic name for the walrus

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

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Example Sentences

Like their sea horse cousins, male sea dragons are responsible for carrying the species’s eggs to term and can have more than 150 eggs attached to their tails.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

There’s a nice-sized playground with slides, swings and adventuring opportunities, and a Chesapeake Bay-themed carousel, offering the chance to ride a sea horse, hummingbird, eagle and other creatures.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021

Superheroes who travel by sea horse never get any respect.

From Washington Times • Dec. 11, 2018

Some of the most heavily fished species are classified as threatened with extinction, but the sea horse trade, like everything else I’d seen in this market, is legal.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2018

Then he leaned down over the neck of the sea horse.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke