sea horse

/si hɔrs/

Other forms: sea horses

Definitions of sea horse

1. noun

   small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position
   synonyms: seahorse

   type of:

   needlefish, pipefish

   fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
2. noun

   either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
   synonyms: seahorse, walrus

   types:

   Atlantic walrus, Odobenus rosmarus

   a walrus of northern Atlantic and Arctic waters

   Odobenus divergens, Pacific walrus

   a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific

   type of:

   pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal

   aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers