hipocampo
Portuguese
Noun
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)
Synonyms
- (seahorse): cavalo-marinho
Spanish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin hippocampus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos), from ἵππος (híppos) "horse" + κάμπος (kámpos) "sea monster", describing a mythological creature with a horse's forepart and a fishlike hindquarter.
Pronunciation
Noun
hipocampo m (plural hipocampos)
Synonyms
- (sea horse): caballito de mar
Further reading
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