LekhoriLekhoriAny of the small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
The walrus.
One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses.
Synonym of hippocampus.
Instead, it seems to be a unique case that ends in the tail of a hippocamp or seahorse, although with one fin now missing. Ultimately, the form might have been inspired by bent-leg vases produced in Greece.
From Middle English sehors (“walrus”), equivalent to sea + horse. Probably a calque of obsolete French cheval de mer or directly of Late Latin caballus marinus.
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