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The hippocampus or hippocamp, also hippokampos (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος, from ἵππος, 'horse', and κάμπος, 'sea monster'[1]), often called a sea-horse[2] in English,[citation needed] is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician,[3] Etruscan, Pictish, Roman and Greek mythology, though its name has a Greek origin. The hippocampus has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish.
- ^ Word origin of Hippocampus at reference.com; compare the monster Campe.
- ^ The hyphen distinguishes from the seahorse, a real fish.
- ^ Israel Antiquities Authority, Yizre'el Valley silver hoard (retrieved Jan 10 2013)