sea horse
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a series of high-value British stamps issued during the reign of King George V, featuring a depiction of Britannia on a chariot in choppy seas.
noun
Synonym of hippocampus.
Example Sentences
- "As most authors mention the hippopotamus under the names of the sea-horse, or the sea-cow, he has sometimes been confounded with the latter, which inhabits only the northern seas."
- "The sea-horse teeth (so called) are the tusks of the hippopotamus."
- "One morning we had vast quantities of sea-horses about the ship, which neighed exactly like any other horses."
- "In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.]"
- "Instead, it seems to be a unique case that ends in the tail of a hippocamp or seahorse, although with one fin now missing. Ultimately, the form might have been inspired by bent-leg vases produced in Greece."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sehors