hipocampo

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Portuguese

Noun

hipocampo m (plural hipocampos)

  1. (Greek mythology) hippocampus; hippocamp (creature that is half horse and half fish)
  2. (anatomy) hippocampus (region of the brain that plays a role in memory and emotion)
  3. sea horse (any of the various small marine fish of the genus Hippocampus)

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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

  • IPA(key): /ipoˈkampo/ [i.poˈkãm.po]

Noun

hipocampo m (plural hipocampos)

  1. (anatomy) hippocampus
  2. (zoology) sea horse
  3. (Greek mythology) hippocamp; hippocampus

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