seahorse
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈsiːhɔːrs/
:
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.
- 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.
- You have that middle brain where you have like the seahorse looking part of your brain, brain called hippocampus, which is primarily function as memory.
Examples
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In the seahorse community, the males give birth.
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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.
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How big can a seahorse get?
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Will you bring me back a seahorse?
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Let's see the little black seahorses there and there.
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Do you promise never to develop a thing for seahorses?
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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
2
2.5
A small sea fish with a head like a horse that swims upright and has a curled tail
1
8.6
A small sea fish with a horse-like head and a curled tail
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.