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Hippocampus   /hˌɪpoʊkˈæmpəs/   Listen
Hippocampus

noun
(pl. hippocampi)
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.  Synonym: genus Hippocampus.






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"Hippocampus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Now in the very earliest mammals, almost before they really deserved that name, the young may have been nourished by a fluid secreted by the interior surface of the marsupial sack, as is believed to be the case with the fish (Hippocampus) whose eggs are hatched within a somewhat similar sack. This being the case, those individuals which secreted a more nutritious fluid, and those whose young were able to obtain and swallow a more constant supply by suction, would be more likely to live ...
— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace



Words linked to "Hippocampus" :   genus Hippocampus, limbic brain, fish genus, sea horse, limbic system, visceral brain, Syngnathidae, seahorse, family Syngnathidae, neural structure



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