merhorse
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]merhorse (plural merhorses)
- (rare) A seahorse.
- 1988, DeWitt Wallace, Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, The Reader's digest:
- […] super-otter, merhorse (a kind of sea horse), marine saurian and father-of-all-the-turtles.
- 1998, Nigel Suckling, Bob Eggleton, The book of sea monsters:
- But there seems enough evidence to suggest that the merhorse may possibly be a distinct and genuine species. The creature is described as […] but there was no reappearance. A local expert was of the opinion that it was a 'real sea-horse'.
- A mythical sea monster with a horse-like head, mane, and large eyes.