Meaning of HIPPOCAMPUS in Tamil

Use in sentences of ஹிப்போகாம்பஸ்

Meaning of HIPPOCAMPUS in English

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Synonyms of ‘ஹிப்போகாம்பஸ்’

• மூளைப் பின்புற மேடு
  HIPPOCAMPUS,

Antonyms of ‘ஹிப்போகாம்பஸ்’

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