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seahorse

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sea horse

–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.
Also, seahorse.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME sehors walrus; cf. G Seepferd
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