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Hippocampus Meaning In Urdu

Hippocampus Meaning in English to Urdu is ایک قسم کی چھوٹی مچھلی, as written in Urdu and Aik Qisam Ki Choti Machli, as written in Roman Urdu. Accurate Hippocampus Translation, Synonyms and Antonyms.

Definitions of Hippocampus

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. 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.

Form Noun, Plural Hippocampi [hip-uh-kam-pahy, -pee] /ˌhɪp əˈkæm Paɪ, -pi/ (Show IPA)

How To Spell Hippocampus [hip-uh-kam-puh s]

Origin of Hippocampus Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek hippokampos, from hippos ‘horse’ + kampos ‘sea monster’.