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noun

Sea horse n.

A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus.

(Zool.)

(a)

The walrus.

(b)

Any fish of the genus Hippocampus. Note: In a passage of Dryden's, the word is supposed to refer to the hippopotamus.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sea horse" Quotes from Famous Books

... a little further on, is a mile in length, and helps to divide the Back Strand from the spacious bay. Just before reaching this Burrow, the visitor will see a tombstone erected to the memory of those who were lost in the "Sea Horse" transport, in January, 1816, when returning from the Peninsular Campaign. No less than 362 lost their lives in this terrible disaster. At the western side of Tramore there are many places along the rock-bound coast well worth a ...

— The Sunny Side of Ireland - How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway • John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger

Words linked to "Sea horse" : Odobenus rosmarus, Odobenus divergens, seahorse, pipefish, genus Hippocampus, Atlantic walrus, pinniped, hippocampus, Odobenus, pinnatiped, Pacific walrus, genus Odobenus, needlefish, walrus