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
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