Library / English Dictionary

    SEA HORSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright positionplay

    Synonyms:

    sea horse; seahorse

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("sea horse" is a kind of...):

    needlefish; pipefish (fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates)

    Holonyms ("sea horse" is a member of...):

    genus Hippocampus; Hippocampus (seahorses)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubberplay

    Synonyms:

    sea horse; seahorse; walrus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("sea horse" is a kind of...):

    pinnatiped; pinniped; pinniped mammal (aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea horse"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("sea horse" is a member of...):

    genus Odobenus; Odobenus (type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses)

    Credits


    © 1991-2023 The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin | Titi Tudorancea® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
    Contact