sea horse

sea horsenoun

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  Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.

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  hobbieslifestylephilatelyAny of a series of high-value British stamps issued during the reign of King George V, featuring a depiction of Britannia on a chariot in choppy seas.

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  obsoleteA hippopotamus.

  • As most authors mention the hippopotamus under the names of the sea-horse, or the sea-cow, he has sometimes been confounded with the latter, which inhabits only the northern seas.
  • The sea-horse teeth (so called) are the tusks of the hippopotamus.
• 4

  obsoleteA walrus.

  • One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses.
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  human-sciencesmysticismmythologySynonym of hippocampus.

  • In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.]
  • Instead, it seems to be a unique case that ends in the tail of a hippocamp or seahorse, although with one fin now missing. Ultimately, the form might have been inspired by bent-leg vases produced in Greece.