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hippocampus
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HIPPOCAMPUS
Hip `po *cam "pus, n. Etym: [L., the sea horse, Gr. "i `ppos horse +
1. (Class. Myth. )
Defn: A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris ), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. Fairholt.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hippocampus
hip po cam pus |ˌhipəˈkampəs ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəs | ▶noun ( pl. hippocampi |-ˈkampī, -ˈkampē | ) Anatomy the elongated ridges on the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain, thought to be the center of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek hippokampos, from hippos ‘horse ’ + kampos ‘sea monster. ’
Oxford Dictionary
hippocampus
hippocampus |ˌhɪpə (ʊ )ˈkampəs | ▶noun ( pl. hippocampi |-pi, -pʌɪ | ) Anatomy the elongated ridges on the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain, thought to be the centre of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek hippokampos, from hippos ‘horse ’ + kampos ‘sea monster ’.
Duden Dictionary
Hippocampus
Hip po cam pus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Hippoc a mpus |der Hippocampus; Genitiv: des Hippocampus, Plural: die Hippocampi 1 Anatomie Ammonshorn 1 2 lateinisch hippocampus < griechisch hippókampos, zu: kámpos = (indisches ) Meerungeheuer, Herkunft ungeklärt Zoologie Seepferdchen
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