Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hippocampus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: {Hippocampus}, {genus Hippocampus}]
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