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Definition of "sea horse" []

  • A small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus, characteristically swimming in an upright position and having a prehensile tail, a horselike head, and a body covered with bony plates. (noun)
  • See walrus. (noun)
  • Mythology An animal, half fish and half horse, ridden by Neptune and other sea gods. (noun)
  • A large white-capped wave. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sea horse" in a sentence
  • "So Kaylajan brought him all he sought and Gharib armed and belting in baldrick Al – Mahik, mounted the sea horse and made toward the hosts."