- a variation of seahorse.
sea horse
Britishnoun
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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)
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an archaic name for the walrus
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a fabled sea creature with the tail of a fish and the front parts of a horse
Example Sentences
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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
Other ingredients include deer antlers, sea horse and sparrow brains.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2020
Superheroes who travel by sea horse never get any respect.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
I headed upstairs to the sea horse section, where the air smelled of salt and fishy demise.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2018
The sea, horse with its fish tail was so beautiful, it made you forget that there were horses with four legs at all.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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