hippocampus

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 105503912)
    is a type of: neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system
    is a part of: limbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain - a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
  2. Seahorses (synset 101459272)
    is a type of: fish genus - any of various genus of fish
    member holonym: sea horse, seahorse - small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position
    belongs to: family syngnathidae, syngnathidae - pipefishes
    same as: genus hippocampus

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