sea horse
See also: seahorse
English
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editFrom Middle English sehors (“walrus”), equivalent to sea + horse. Probably a calque of obsolete French cheval de mer or directly of Late Latin caballus marinus.
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editsea horse (plural sea horses)
- (obsolete) The walrus.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 9, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:
- One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses.
- Any of various small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- (philately) any of a series of British high value stamps issued during the reign of King George V featuring a depiction of Britannia on a chariot in choppy seas.
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walrus — see walrus
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