Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hippocampus

2 senses of hippocampus

Sense 1
hippocampus -- (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)
       => neural structure -- (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Sense 2
Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus -- (seahorses)
       => fish genus -- (any of various genus of fish)