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Hippocampus   /hˌɪpoʊkˈæmpəs/   Listen
Hippocampus

noun
(pl. hippocampi)
1.
A complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey 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.  Synonym: genus Hippocampus.






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"Hippocampus" Quotes from Famous Books



... present every variety of gorgeous colour, while the river fish even of the tropics rarely if ever have gay or conspicuous markings. A very curious case of this kind of adaptation occurs in the sea-horse (Hippocampus) of Australia, some of which bear long foliaceous appendages resembling seaweed, and are of a brilliant red colour; and they are known to live among seaweed of the same hue, so that when at rest they must be quite invisible. There are now in the aquarium of the Zoological Society some slender ...
— Little Masterpieces of Science: - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer • Various



Words linked to "Hippocampus" :   visceral brain, Syngnathidae, fish genus, sea horse, limbic system, neural structure, family Syngnathidae, seahorse, limbic brain



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