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H — Highlands of Scotland to Hippocampus (Part 3 of 3)

Hippocampus (4 syl.). A seahorse, having the head and fore-quarters of a horse, with the tail and hind- quarters of a fish or dolphin. (Greek, hippos, a horse; kampos, a sea monster.)