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hippocampi
Variant of hippocampus
noun pl. hippocampi
- Gr. & Rom. Myth. a sea monster with the head and forequarters of a horse and the tail of a dolphin or fish
- a ridge along the lower section of each lateral ventricle of the brain
Related Forms:
- hippocampal adjective
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