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1 hippocampus -- rank: 1000

hippocampus definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a complex ... central role in the formation of memories 2: seahorses [syn: Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus] Merriam Webster's noun (plural hippocampi) Etymology: New Latin, from ... n. (pl. hippocampi) 1 any marine fish of the genus Hippocampus, swimming vertically and with a head suggestive of a horse ... f. hippos horse + kampos sea monster Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hippocampus Hip`po*cam"pus, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. ? a hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + ? to ...

2 Hippocampus brevirostris -- rank: 958

Hippocampus brevirostris definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hippocampus Hip`po*cam"pus, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. ? a hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + ? to bend ... joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of ...

3 genus Hippocampus -- rank: 943

genus Hippocampus definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: seahorses [syn: Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus]

4 sea horse -- rank: 611

... half horse and half fish 3. any of a genus (Hippocampus of the family Syngnathidae) of small bony fishes that have ... by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The walrus. (b) Any fish of the genus Hippocampus. Note: In a passage of Dryden's, the word is ... 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. Collin's ...

5 Calcar -- rank: 504

... of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot. Webster's 1913 Dictionary 2. (Zo["o ... 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.

6 Ergot -- rank: 435

... 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. Soule's Dictionary ...

7 Sea -- rank: 343

... various small upright marine fish of the family Syngnathidae, esp. Hippocampus hippocampus, having a body suggestive of the head and neck of ...

8 fornix -- rank: 343

... fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies [syn: fornix, trigonum ...

9 trigonum cerebrale -- rank: 343

... fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies [syn: fornix, trigonum ...

10 hippocampal -- rank: 343

hippocampal definitions Merriam Webster's adjective see hippocampus Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hippocampal Hip`po*cam"pal, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.

11 Medusa -- rank: 217

... bewitcher, centaur, charmer, chimera, cockatrice, dragon, drake, enchanter, enchantress, griffin, hippocampus, mermaid, merman, nixie, ogre, ogress, roc, salamander, satyr, sea horse ...

12 Monster -- rank: 217

... harpy, harridan, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, hellkite, heroic, hippo, hippocampus, hippopotamus, hobgoblin, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, horror, hothead, hotspur, huge ...

13 Mantle -- rank: 217

... guise, gyrus, hammer and sickle, hanging, hat, heraldry, hide, hindbrain, hippocampus, hood, housing, hypothalamus, insignia, jacket, lapel pin, lather, lay on ...

14 Fimbriae -- rank: 217

... fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. -- Fim"bri*al, a.

15 fimbrial -- rank: 217

... fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. -- Fim"bri*al, a.