Wiktionary
n. (plural of hippocampus English)
WordNet
n. a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of gray 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
seahorses [syn: genus Hippocampus]
[also: hippocampi (pl)]
See hippocampus
Usage examples of "hippocampi".
Keros shouted, the hippocampi and his little sister a bit stunned by the force in his voice.
Never have I seen such an outpouring of power— not only from the Masters we had telegraphed, not only from your Undines and the lesser Water creatures, but from the Mermaids and Tritons, the Hippocampi and other salt-water powers all the way down at the sea, and from the Air, the Sylphs, the Winds, the Fauns and other Earth creatures, the Salamanders and Dragons of Fire—things I can't even put a name to!