sea horse
Meanings
noun
- Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- Any 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.
- A hippopotamus.
- A walrus.
- Synonym of hippocampus.
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Etymology
From Middle English sehors (“walrus”), equivalent to sea + horse. Probably a calque of obsolete French cheval de mer or directly of Late Latin caballus marinus.
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