A seahorse is a marine fish belonging to the genus Hippocampus.
Seahorse or seahorses may also refer to:
Science and technology
- Hippopotamus, which was often called a seahorse in the mid-nineteenth century
 - Seahorse (software), a GPG front-end application for GNOME
 
Arts and entertainment
- The Seahorses, a British rock band
 - The Sea Horse, a 1974 off-Broadway play by Edward J. Moore; see Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre production history
 - "Seahorses", an episode of the television series Teletubbies
 - Sea Horse Baian, a fictional character in the manga Saint Seiya (aka Knights of the Zodiac)
 
Military
- USS Seahorse, several United States Navy ships
 - HMS Seahorse, several Royal Navy ships
 - F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas (1902–1964), S.O.E. operative had "SEAHORSE" as a code name during World War II
 - Seahorse, various versions of the Sikorsky H-34 military helicopter
 - Sea Horse, a merchant ship in the wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville in 1816
 
Transport
- Seahorse (HBC vessel, 1734), operated by the HBC from 1734-1764, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
 - Seahorse (HBC vessel, 1765), operated by the HBC from 1765-1781, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
 - Seahorse (HBC vessel, 1782), operated by the HBC from 1782-1792, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
 
Other uses
- Hippocampus (mythology) or sea-horse, a mythological creature depicted as a horse in its forepart with a fish-like hindquarter
 - Sea Horse (restaurant), a restaurant in Helsinki, Finland
 - King George V Seahorses, a set of British postage stamps
 
See also
- Walrus
 - Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse, an engagement between United States and Imperial Japanese forces
 - Water horse, any of several mythical creatures
 
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