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seahorse
(redirected from Hippocampus erectus)

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Noun1.seahorse - either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubberseahorse - either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
genus Odobenus, Odobenus - type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses
Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus - a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters
Odobenus 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 position
pipefish, needlefish - fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
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seahorse sea horse [ˈsiːhɔːrs] nhippocampe m


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Syngnathidae Bryx dunckeri * 4 (28-47) 4 (35-42) Hippocampus erectus 12 (17-143) ([dagger]) Hippocampus reidi * 2 (72) ([dagger]) Hippocampus sp.
 
 
 
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