Hippocampus (disambiguation)

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Hippocampus has several meanings:

  • Hippocamp, (Latin hippocampus), the sea-horse of mythology.
  • Hippocampus, an anatomical subdivision of the brain, a part of the brain important for the formation of new memories; early anatomists thought it looked like a hippocamp with scrolling tail.
  • Hippocampus a genus of seahorse.