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GENUS HIPPOCAMPUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seahorses

Synonyms:

genus Hippocampus; Hippocampus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Hippocampus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hippocampus"):

sea horse; seahorse (small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position)

Holonyms ("genus Hippocampus" is a member of...):

family Syngnathidae; Syngnathidae (pipefishes)

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