Definitions for sea-horse

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sea-horse sea horse

Sea-Horse is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in sea-horse (-aeehorss).

Definitions for sea-horse

noun

1. any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
2. a fabled marine animal with the foreparts of a horse and the hind parts of a fish.
3. a walrus.

Origin of sea-horse

1425-75; late Middle English sehors walrus; compare German Seepferd

Examples for sea-horse

O'Grady at once lowered a boat and was rowed to the sea-horse, taking Terence with him.

Let no man attend to the sea-horse; it's from me that you are to take your orders.

The animal is sometimes known as the sea-horse, and also as the morse.

Amongst them invariably appears a representation of a sea-horse or a dolphin.

"Cuba is right over there," said the sea-horse pointing with his ear.

Belfast has the sea-horse for sinister supporter and also for crest.

Before sail was made the major summoned the officers on board the sea-horse.

The strange craft were already heading towards the sea-horse.

In what ways is the sea-horse so different from most other fish?

Others, like the cat-fish and sea-horse, are rare—in England, at any rate.