SEA HORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea horse mean? 

• SEA HORSE (noun)
  The noun SEA HORSE has 2 senses:

1. either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

2. small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position

  Familiarity information: SEA HORSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA HORSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sea horse; seahorse; walrus

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sea horse; seahorse

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)