sea horse
or sea·horse
noun
any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
a fabled marine animal with the foreparts of a horse and the hind parts of a fish.
a walrus.
Origin of sea horse
1425–75; late Middle English
sehors walrus; compare German
Seepferd
Words nearby sea horse
sea hare,
sea heath,
sea hog,
sea holly,
sea hollyhock,
sea horse,
sea islands,
sea kale,
sea king,
sea lace,
sea ladder
British Dictionary definitions for sea horse
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