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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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