HIPPOCAMPUS


Meaning of HIPPOCAMPUS in English

( n. )

A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.

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