sea horse
noun
sea horse is spelled S-E-A-H-O-R-S-E: 8 letters. As a noun, sea horse means “Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sea horse is sea horses or sea-horses.
How many letters and syllables are in sea horse?
| Letters | 8: S-E-A-H-O-R-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sea horse?
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sea_horse.wav, En-us-seahorse.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sea horse
Also written: seahorse (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of sea horse
- sea horses plural
- seahorse
- sea-horse
- sea-horses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sea horse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.
- 2
Any of a series of high-value British stamps issued during the reign of King George V, featuring a depiction of Britannia on a chariot in choppy seas.
- 3
obsoleteA hippopotamus.
As most authors mention the hippopotamus under the names of the sea-horse, or the sea-cow, he has sometimes been confounded with the latter, which inhabits only the northern seas.
- 4
obsoleteA walrus.
- 5
Synonym of hippocampus.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of sea horse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sea horse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hippocampe |
| German | Seepferdchen |
| Portuguese | cavalo-marinho |
| Spanish | hipocampo, caballito de mar, caballito marino |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sea horse come from?
From Middle English sehors (“walrus”), equivalent to sea + horse. Probably a calque of obsolete French cheval de mer or directly of Late Latin caballus marinus. Named so after the shape of its head being similar to horse's head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).