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seahorse
sea·horse or sea horse S5199200 (sē′hôrs′)n.1. Any of various small marine fishes of the genus Hippocampus, characteristically swimming in an upright position and having a prehensile tail, a head that resembles that of a horse, and a body encased in bony rings.2. A walrus.3. Mythology An animal, half fish and half horse, ridden by Neptune and other sea gods.4. A large white-capped wave.seahorse (ˈsiːhɔːs) or sea horsen1. (Animals) 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)2. (Animals) archaic another name for walrus3. (Classical Myth & Legend) a fabled sea creature with the tail of a fish and the front parts of a horseThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  seahorse - either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubbersea horse, walruspinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippersgenus Odobenus, Odobenus - type genus of the Odobenidae: walrusesAtlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus - a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic watersOdobenus divergens, Pacific walrus - a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific | | 2. | seahorse - small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright positionsea horsepipefish, needlefish - fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony platesgenus Hippocampus, Hippocampus - seahorses |
TranslationsSeepferdchenιππόκαμποςhippocampeippocampoморской конёкseahorse
seahorse, common name for certain small fishes of the family Syngnathidae, inhabiting warm waters but sometimes found as far north as Cape Cod. The elongated head and snout of a seahorse, flexed at right angles to the body, suggest those of a horse. Members of different species range in size from .6 to 8 in. (1.6–20 cm); all feed on minute organisms. Protected by thin bony plates that are derivatives of the scales found in most fishes, the seahorse swims weakly in an upright position by means of rapid, hummingbirdlike beats of its fins; at rest it curls its thin, prehensile tail around seaweed. Some seahorses, known as seadragons, have deceptive leaflike appendages; others are poisonous. While linked in the mating embrace (during which the seahorses utter musical sounds) the female forces the eggs into a pouch on the underside of the male, where they are fertilized and where they remain, feeding on nutrients provided by the vascular lining of the pouch, until they are expelled as miniature versions of the adult. The many species of pipefishes belong to the same family. They range in size from 4 to 12 in. (10–30 cm) long. They are slightly more fishlike in appearance and are able to change color, but have the long snout and unusual breeding habits of the seahorse. Seahorses are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Syngnathiformes, family Syngnathidae. seahorse
Synonyms for seahorsenoun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubberSynonymsRelated Words- pinnatiped
- pinniped
- pinniped mammal
- genus Odobenus
- Odobenus
- Atlantic walrus
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Odobenus divergens
- Pacific walrus
noun small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tailsSynonymsRelated Words- pipefish
- needlefish
- genus Hippocampus
- Hippocampus
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