Sea horse

Sea horse
Sea horse Sea" horse` 1. A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See {Hippocampus}. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The walrus. (b) Any fish of the genus Hippocampus. [1913 Webster]

Note: In a passage of Dryden's, the word is supposed to refer to the hippopotamus. [1913 Webster]


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