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sea horse
noun
- any marine teleost fish of the temperate and tropical genus Hippocampus, having a bony-plated body, a prehensile tail, and a horselike head and swimming in an upright position: family Syngnathidae (pipefishes)
- an archaic name for the walrus
- a fabled sea creature with the tail of a fish and the front parts of a horse
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After weeks of cleaning, Cowgirl Sea-Horse was finally able to open its bar last week.
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Here is a picture of a Hippopotamus or Sea-Horse devouring a crocodile tail first.
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Often one thing is named after another from a merely fanciful resemblance, as, for instance, the "sea horse."
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For that which is commonly called a Sea-horse, is properly called a Morse, and makes not out that shape.
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We have received many curious specimens: sea-horse, porcupine-fish, key-hole shells, etc.
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It may well be compared to a sea-horse, for above all other places it loveth best the waters.'
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