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Hippocampus Common

Hippocampus has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
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

3

A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
neural structure fish genus
Rhyming Words
pus apus opus dipus lupus mopus lepus rumpus gawpus tempus corpus mampus hippus wumpus carpus cippus campus myopus palpus scapus
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