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Definition of Seahorse

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

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

Definition of Seahorse

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sea horse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seahorse

1. a fish of the pipefish family [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seahorse

seagirt seagoing seagull seagull approach seagull manager seagull managers seagulls seah seahawk seahawks

seahog seahogs seahorse (current term) seahorses seahound seahounds seahs seajack seajacked seajacker

seajackers seajacking seajackings seak seakale seakales seakeeping

Literary usage of Seahorse

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

1. Battles of the British Navy by Joseph Allen (1852)
"The seahorse then bore up, and continued firing into the Ali ... The seahorse continuing to pursue the larger opponent, ..."

2. The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in by William James, Frederick Chamier (1837)
"In a minute or two the seahorse tacked, and, bearing up, stood again for the ... M., the seahorse having arrived abreast and to windward of the ..."

3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... a Voyage to Greenland, in the yeere 1612, with two ships, the one called the Whale ; the other the seahorse, set out by the Right Worshipfull the ..."

4. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"A Relation written by Jonas Poole of a Voyage to Greenland, in the yeere 1612, with two ships, the one called the Whale ; the other the seahorse, set out by ..."

5. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Relation written by Jonas Poole of a Voyage to Greenland, in the yeere 1612, with two ships, the one called the Whale ; the other the seahorse, set out by ..."

6. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"God send us good luck, and may He bless us is the sincere prayer of your affectionate NELSON. 22. seahorse: MASTERS LOG (M. ..."

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