| 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. |
| sea horse n.
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wal·rus  (wôl'rəs, wŏl'-)  n. pl. walrus or wal·rus·es A large marine mammal (Odobenus rosmarus) of Arctic regions, related to the seals and having two long tusks, tough wrinkled skin, and four flippers. Also called sea horse. [Dutch, of Scandinavian origin.] |