Definition of Genus Hippocampus

1. Noun. Seahorses.

Exact synonyms: Hippocampus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae
Member holonyms: Sea Horse, Seahorse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hippocampus

genus Heteroscelus
genus Heterotheca
genus Heuchera
genus Hevea
genus Hexagrammos
genus Hexalectris
genus Hexamita
genus Hexanchus
genus Hibbertia
genus Hibiscus
genus Hieracium
genus Himantoglossum
genus Himantopus
genus Hippeastrum
genus Hippobosca
genus Hippocampus (current term)
genus Hippocrepis
genus Hippodamia
genus Hippoglossoides
genus Hippoglossus
genus Hippopotamus
genus Hipposideros
genus Hippotragus
genus Hipsurus
genus Hirudo
genus Hirundo
genus Hoheria
genus Holarrhena
genus Holbrookia
genus Holcus

Literary usage of Genus Hippocampus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"(' t ho sea-horse belong to the genus Hippocampus. Those lit ilo . features —" I--- 4 i ..."

2. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Genus HIPPOCAMPUS. 78. Hippocampus antiquorum, Leach. Short-nosed Sea-horse. Hab. European coasts. u-'l Presented by F. Г. Pinto, Esq., May ISO!). ez. ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"Sea-horse, a smart fish of the genus Hippocampus, in which the head bears a close resemblance to that of the knight in chess. ..."

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