sea horse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sea horse	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sea horse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sea horse n either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber Synonym(s): walrus, seahorse, sea horse small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position Synonym(s): seahorse, sea horse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sea horse \Sea" horse`\ 1. 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}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also {sea horse}. Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also {ergot} and {calcar}.