HIPPOCAMPUS (hippocampi)

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hippocampus mean? 

• HIPPOCAMPUS (noun)
  The noun HIPPOCAMPUS has 2 senses:

1. a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey 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
2. seahorses

  Familiarity information: HIPPOCAMPUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIPPOCAMPUS (noun)

Meaning:

A complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey 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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("hippocampus" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Holonyms ("hippocampus" is a part of...):

limbic brain; limbic system; visceral brain (a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior)

Meaning:

Seahorses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hippocampus; Hippocampus

Hypernyms ("Hippocampus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Hippocampus"):

sea horse; seahorse (small fish with horselike heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position)

Holonyms ("Hippocampus" is a member of...):

family Syngnathidae; Syngnathidae (pipefishes)