Hippocampus

See also: hippocampus

Translingual

Hippocampus abdominalis (potbelly seahorses)

Etymology

From Latin hippocampus.

Proper noun

Hippocampus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Syngnathidae – seahorses.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Syngnathiformes – order; Syngnathoidei – suborder; Syngnathidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hippocampus hippocampus (syn. Hippocampus heptagonus short-snouted seahorse) – type species

Translations

genus Hippocampus

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} hipokampo (^{(please verify)} marĉevaleto)

References

• seahorse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hippocampus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hippocampus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hippocampus at World Register of Marine Species
• Hippocampus at iNaturalist

German

Alternative forms

• Hippokampus

Etymology

From Latin hippocampus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪpoˈkampʊs/
• Rhymes: -ampʊs

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Noun

Hippocampus m (strong, genitive Hippocampus, plural Hippocampi)

1. (anatomy) hippocampus

   Synonym: Ammonshorn

Declension

Declension of Hippocampus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hippocampus	die	Hippocampi
genitive	eines	des	Hippocampus	der	Hippocampi
dative	einem	dem	Hippocampus	den	Hippocampi
accusative	einen	den	Hippocampus	die	Hippocampi

Further reading

• “Hippocampus” in Duden online
• “Hippocampus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache