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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Syngnathidae — the seahorses.

Etymologies

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From Latin hippocampus.

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Examples

  • Their brainchild was called Hippocampus, named after the part of the brain associated with learning and memory.

    For the Love of Reading Nilofer D'Souza 2010

  • Their brainchild was called Hippocampus, named after the part of the brain associated with learning and memory.

    For the Love of Reading 2010

  • Their brainchild was called Hippocampus, named after the part of the brain associated with learning and memory.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2010

  • Publishing their results in a recent issue of the journal Zootaxa, Sara Lourie and Rudie Kuiter name Hippocampus pontohi and H. severnsi from Bunaken Island, off Sulawesi, and H. satomiae from Derawan Island, off Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).

    Practical Fishkeeping news (RSS) 2009

  • By the way, Jonathan has a collection of short fiction available from Hippocampus Press, Midnight Call and Other Stories, which I've yet to read, but am looking forward to getting into very soon.

    In the side of our lives where nothing is ever put straight. (2) greygirlbeast 2009

  • The postman brought me a review copy of Thomas Ligotti's forthcoming The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Hippocampus Press) — his first work of nonfiction — which, at least from a cursory glance, seems like something I meant to write ten years farther along.

    "Our blood is gold; nothing to fear." greygirlbeast 2010

  • Curriculum Director Sarah Weston gathers content drawn from a variety of sources including OER Commons, Curriki, and a little Hippocampus.

    Tom Vander Ark: Open High: A Great Choice & Contribution Tom Vander Ark 2011

  • Yesterday, I received a copy of Dead Reckonings #6 (Hippocampus Press), which includes a review by S.T. Joshi of The Red Tree.

    Entry No. 2,416 greygirlbeast 2010

  • Curriculum Director Sarah Weston gathers content drawn from a variety of sources including OER Commons, Curriki, and a little Hippocampus.

    Tom Vander Ark: Open High: A Great Choice & Contribution Tom Vander Ark 2011

  • In the late 1990s I was invited by Derrick Hussey (publisher of the excellent Hippocampus Press) to join the Esoteric Order of Dagon Amateur Press Association, an APA with a time-honored tradition, dedicated to things Lovecraftian and with the world's leading Lovecraft scholar at the helm, S.T. Joshi.

    Dark Tales : The Lovecraft News Network 2009

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