海馬

Etymology

 * sea horse
 * So named as its shape is similar to horse's head. First used in the Tang dynasty-era (Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica).

Noun

 * 1) sea horse
 * 2)  walrus
 * 3)  frog

Etymology 1
Compound of.

Etymology 2
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  the hippocampus
 * 1)  the hippocampus
 * 1)  the hippocampus

Etymology 3
From,. The kanji is.

Noun

 * 1) a Steller sea lion

Usage notes
The kanji spellings are rare. When written in kanji, the spelling may be more common, likely to avoid confusion with the alternate readings of the 海馬 spelling of umiuma and kaiba.