Usage Note
Seepferdchen ('little sea horse') is the common German word for seahorses (Hippocampus spp.). It is a Verkleinerungsform (diminutive), though the animals are not literally small horses. Unique in that the male carries and births the young.
Examples
"Das Seepferdchen klammerte sich mit seinem Schwanz an einen Seegrashalm."
Natural Translation
The seahorse clung to a blade of seagrass with its tail.
Literal Translation
The seahorse clung-on with his tail to a seagrass-blade.
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