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seahorse

seahorse

9 2.4
A small sea fish with a head like a horse and a curled tail that swims upright
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːhɔːrs/
translation icon : caballito de mar
  • At the aquarium, I was fascinated by the seahorse swimming upright with its curled tail.
  • seahorse's long snout
  • seahorse exhibit
  • seahorse species

And if you look closely, it was based on like a seahorse of the tail, you know, that curls up, but it has a long spiky cartilage bone of a blade.

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Examples

  • In the seahorse community, the males give birth.

  • However, fishermen with good local knowledge claim that seahorses are smaller, scarcer, and less colorful than previously.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And if you cannot see the seahorse yet, I will show you.

  • How big can a seahorse get?

  • Will you bring me back a seahorse?

  • Let's see the little black seahorses there and there.

  • Do you promise never to develop a thing for seahorses?

  • See this longsnout seahorse at the new seahorse exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Without either teeth or a stomach, seahorses somehow digest these hard prey.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Because of their inshore habitat, seahorses are probably locally threatened by trawling, pollution, and dredging.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

sea horse
vsseahorse
2 2.5

A small sea fish with a head like a horse that swims upright and has a curled tail

is written as one word in common usage
Hippocampus
vsseahorse
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A small sea fish with a horse-like head and a curled tail

is the common everyday name rather than the scientific term

How Big

shark
664 1.0
largemouth bass
  • US
1 3.9
seahorse
9 2.4

Surface Forms

seahorse singular
seahorses plural

Morphology

seahorse = sea + horse (transparent) = sea + horse

Meaning is directly derived from 'sea' + 'horse': a sea-dwelling creature resembling a horse, so learners can infer the sense from the parts.

Etymology

Seahorse is simply sea + horse: the little fish lives in the 'sea' and has a head that looks like a 'horse', so the name helps you picture the animal.