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hippocampus

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馬頭魚尾的怪獸

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hippocampus \Hip`po*cam"pus\, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. ? a
   hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + ? to bend.]
   1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore
      quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or
      other fish ({Hippocampus brevirostris}), -- seen in
      Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
      --Fairholt.

資料來源 : WordNet®

hippocampus
     n 1: a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse)
          consisting of gray matter and located on the floor of
          each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in
          motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has
          a central role in the formation of memories
     2: seahorses [syn: {genus Hippocampus}]
     [also: {hippocampi} (pl)]
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