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seahorse

or sea horse

[ see-hawrs ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a fabled marine animal with the foreparts of a horse and the hind parts of a fish.
  3. a walrus.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of seahorse1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English sehors, possibly meaning “walrus”; compare German Seeross; sea ( def ), horse
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Example Sentences

We could trace where the seahorses came from and target protection efforts to those areas.

After we shot the film, Tim found repetitions of the Seahorse Smile elsewhere in the painting.

In the film, you show Tim discovering one of these distortions: the Seahorse Smile.

At the same time, as if this were all her business on the Continent, the boat shoved off and was headed for the Seahorse.

But at that very moment they had all they could do to claw off the land and save the Thunderer from the fate of the Seahorse.

Señor Posnansky pins his faith to a small dried seahorse once given him by a Titicaca fisherman.

Probably Señor Posnansky's seahorse was brought from the ocean by some particularly enterprising trader.

It was a rather imposing fountain, with a Neptune in bronze riding a seahorse, with nymphs on dolphins in attendance.

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