ˈhorse-fish
A name given to various fishes with heads more or less like that of a horse. a. The carangoid fish Vomer setipinnis (also called dollar-fish or moonfish), and the allied Selene vomer. b. ‘The sauger, Stizostedion canadense. (Western U.S.)’ (Cent. Dict.). c. The Hippocampus or sea-horse.
| 1723 S. Morland Spec. Lat. Dict. 7 Here I shall beg leave to show the difference between the Sea-horse and Horse-fish, i.e. the Hippocampus. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 98 The tufted gilled fishes, represented by the pipe- and horse-fishes. |