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)
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin hippocampus, from 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/, [ipoˈkãmpo]
Noun
hipocampo m (plural hipocampos)
Synonyms
- (sea horse): caballito de mar
Further reading
- “hipocampo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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