sea horse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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. Named so after the shape of its head being similar to horse's head.
Meanings
- 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.
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(obsolete) A hippopotamus.
As most authors mention the hippopotamus under the names of the sea-horse, or the sea-cow, he has sometimes been confounded with the latter, which inhabits only the northern seas.
1830, Georges Louis Le Clerc (Count de Buffon), The Natural History of Quadrupeds (page 331)The sea-horse teeth (so called) are the tusks of the hippopotamus.
1857, Journal of the Society of Arts, volume 5, page 72:
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(obsolete) A walrus.
One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses.
1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 9, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:
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Synonym of hippocampus.
In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.]
1699, Walter Harris, A Description of the King's Royal Palace and Gardens at Loo, London: R. Roberts, page 31:Instead, it seems to be a unique case that ends in the tail of a hippocamp or seahorse, although with one fin now missing. Ultimately, the form might have been inspired by bent-leg vases produced in Greece.
2013, Richard Daniel De Puma, Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sea horses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| seahorse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sea-horse | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Fisher's seahorse · seahorse dad · Hawaiian seahorse · tiger snout seahorse
Synonyms
Translations (92)
hy ծովաձի (fish) · gl cabaliño de mar (fish) · mi hinamoki (fish) · ru морско́й конёк (fish) · fi merihevonen (fish) · tl kabayo-kabayohan (fish) · tl kaba-kabayuhan (fish) · ja 竜の落とし子 (fish) · grc ἱππόκαμπος (fish) · bg морско конче (fish) · eu itsas zaldia (fish) · nrf j'va d'mé (fish) · sh морски коњић (fish) · cs mořský koník (fish) · sw mbuzi-bahari (fish) · mk морско коњче (fish) · tr denizatı (fish) · cmn 海馬 /海马 (fish) · el ιππόκαμπος (fish) · khb ᦙᦱᧉᦓᧄᧉ (fish) · mi kioretai (fish) · ta கடற்குதிரை (fish) · kk атбалық (fish) · hy ձիաձուկ (fish) · eo marĉevalo (fish) · pt cavalo-marinho (fish) · et merihobuke (fish) · sh морски коњиц (fish) · ga capall mara (fish) · eo marĉevaleto (fish) · vo hiokamp (fish) · es hipocampo (fish) · lv jūras zirdziņš (fish) · cy morfarch (fish) · wo fasu géej wi (fish) · fr hippocampe (fish) · tl kabayong-dagat (fish) · ilo kurikor (fish) · ka ზღვის ცხენი (fish) · nb havhest (fish) · eo hipokampo (fish) · ca cavall marí (fish) · nod ᨾ᩶ᩣᨶ᩶ᩣᩴ (fish) · ceb kulkog (fish) · fa اسب دریایی (fish) · de Seepferdchen (fish) · ca hipocamp (fish) · nv táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ (fish) · sl morski konjiček (fish) · ro căluț de mare (fish) · sh morski konjic (fish) · pl pławikonik (fish) · ro hipocamp (fish) · uk морськи́й ко́ник (fish) · th ม้าน้ำ (fish) · lb Séipäerdchen (fish) · it cavalluccio marino (fish) · be марско́й канёк (fish) · ms kuda laut (fish) · nl zeepaard (fish) · tpw îakarepetymbûaba (fish) · es caballito de mar (fish) · hi अश्वमीन (fish) · sh morski konjić (fish) · da søhest (fish) · mt żiemel tal-baħar (fish) · ko 해마 (fish) · sv sjöhäst (fish) · vi cá ngựa (fish) · es caballito marino (fish) · nb sjøhest (fish) · is sæhestur (fish) · sei heeesam (fish) · my ရေမြင်း (fish) · my ရေနဂါး (fish) · la equus bipēs (fish) · gl cabalo de mar (fish) · it ippocampo (fish) · pl konik morski (fish) · hu csikóhal (fish) · lo ມ້ານ້ຳ (fish) · vi hải mã (fish) · sk morský koník (fish) · nrf ch'fa d'maïr (fish) · id kuda laut (fish) · gd capall-mara (fish) · az dənizayğırı (fish) · ast caballu de mar (fish) · kw morvargh (fish) · az dənizatı (fish) · ms unduk-unduk (fish) · ar فَرَس بَحْر (fish)
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