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
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
But China is so big and so hungry that its appetites could well doom numerous species at once, from the armored pangolin to the Knysna sea horse, a monogamous fish endemic to South African estuaries.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2017
“Take your pick. Which one do you want? The sea horse? Or the merman?”
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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