Hippobosca
(||Hip`po*bos"ca) n. [NL., fr. Gr. "i`ppos horse + to feed.] (Zoöl.) A genus of dipterous
insects including the horsefly or horse tick. — Hip`po*bos"can a.
Hippocamp
(Hip"po*camp) n. See Hippocampus.
Hippocampal
(Hip`po*cam"pal) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
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.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some
resemblance to those of a horse; — called also sea horse.
They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile
tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched.
3. (Zoöl.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain.
The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is
called also ergot and calcar.
