How to pronounce hippocamp
American English pronunciation
HIP-uh-kamp
- IPA
- /ˈhɪpəˌkæmp/
- Syllables
- HIP · uh · kamp (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What hippocamp means
A sea beast of Greek myth, half horse and half fish
In a sentence: The fountain showed a hippocamp leaping through the waves with its fishy tail curled behind it.
Where it comes from: It comes from Greek, the language of the myths it swims through.
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