hipocampo
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hipocampo m (plural hipocampos)
- (Greek mythology) hippocampus; hippocamp (creature that is half horse and half fish)
- (anatomy) hippocampus (region of the brain that plays a role in memory and emotion)
- sea horse (any of the various small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus)
- Synonym: cavalo-marinho
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin hippocampus (“sea horse”), from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, “sea horse, hippocamp”, from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea monster”)), describing a mythological creature with a horse's forepart and a fishlike hindquarter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hipocampo m (plural hipocampos)
- (neuroanatomy) hippocampus
- (zoology) sea horse
- Synonym: caballito de mar
- (Greek mythology) hippocamp; hippocampus
Further reading edit
- “hipocampo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014