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  • noun Plural form of seahorse.

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Examples

  • The global population of seahorses has plummeted by as much as 80% in some locations since 2005, according to the U.N. Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species Cites.

    A Pet Hard to Cuddle Up To Linda Himelstein 2011

  • Although seahorses don't look like typical fish, they are in the same class as salmon and tuna.

    A Pet Hard to Cuddle Up To Linda Himelstein 2011

  • Oh, and a murky jar of dead seahorses – "a gift from a Vietnamese friend as a kind of ritualistic thing".

    Observer Food Monthly Awards 2011 Best Place to Drink: Mark's Bar 2011

  • People who arm themselves to the teeth and ride around on dragons or six-legged land seahorses and boast of their strength in battle would not live happy and peaceful in their trees without ever bothering their neighbors.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • Eco-friendly linens, made from recycled fabrics, can turn a table into a work of art, with napkins and placemats in cheery, sophisticated motifs featuring sassy seahorses, rock shrimp and blooming botanicals.

    Lois Alter Mark: Shop With a Conscience This Holiday Season Lois Alter Mark 2011

  • They are being recommended not just to conserve the rare and threatened, but the range of marine wildlife – from seahorses to sunset cup corals, and from honeycomb worm reefs to estuarine rocky habitats in English waters.

    127 areas to be proposed as English marine conservation zones 2011

  • At night when the ceilings are galaxies of shadows I think about seahorses swimming past scallops shells in shower-curtain oceans.

    Letter to the Editor stephen hastings-king 2011

  • Perhaps, he postulates, civilizations are like seahorses.

    Robert Creamer: The Real Attack on the Spirit of Christmas Comes From the Right Wing Robert Creamer 2011

  • People who arm themselves to the teeth and ride around on dragons or six-legged land seahorses and boast of their strength in battle would not live happy and peaceful in their trees without ever bothering their neighbors.

    Movie Review: Avatar 2009

  • Eco-friendly linens, made from recycled fabrics, can turn a table into a work of art, with napkins and placemats in cheery, sophisticated motifs featuring sassy seahorses, rock shrimp and blooming botanicals.

    Lois Alter Mark: Shop With a Conscience This Holiday Season Lois Alter Mark 2011

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