Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seahorse dad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: sea-horse -dad
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of birthing father.

Example Sentences

"I hope, among other things, that this album will inspire birth workers and future seahorse dads (AKA gestational fathers). I know how meaningful images like this could have been for me before my first pregnancy and how meaningful it is for me to see images of fellow birthing trans and nonbinary people to this day."
"Calling himself a "seahorse dad" – as in seahorses it is the male that gives birth – Bennett, who is due on November 5 and is recording his pregnancy on Instagram, has stopped the hormone treatment he began in the summer of 2014, to start a family."
"The couple is also excited to start a family, with Elvis looking forward to becoming a "seahorse dad" — a male-identifying person who can have children."

Etymology

In reference to seahorse biology, in which the male of the species gives birth to the young.

Inflected Forms

seahorse dads (plural)

Synonyms

birthing father

Questions

What does seahorse dad mean?: Synonym of birthing father.
Where does seahorse dad come from?: In reference to seahorse biology, in which the male of the species gives birth to the young.

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