| Portuguese man-of-war n. A complex colonial siphonophore of the genus Physalia, of warm seas, having a bluish bladderlike float with a broad saillike crest from which hang numerous long stinging tentacles. |
Portuguese man-of-war
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several large complex colonial hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, esp P. physalis, having an aerial float and long stinging tentacles: order Siphonophora Sometimes shortened to man-of-war
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| Noun | 1. |  Portuguese man-of-war - large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentaclessiphonophore - a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored genus Physalia, Physalia - Portuguese man-of-war |
Translations
Portuguese man-of-war
n → Staats- or Röhrenqualle f, → Portugiesische Galeere f
Portuguese man-of-war [ˌpɔːtjʊˈgiːzˌmænəvˈwɔːʳ] n (jellyfish) → fisalia, caravella portoghese
Portuguese man-of-war [ˌpɔːtjʊˈgiːzˌmænəvˈwɔːʳ] n (jellyfish) → fisalia, caravella portoghese
Portuguese man-of-war [ˌpɔːtjʊˈgiːzˌmænəvˈwɔːʳ] n (jellyfish) → fisalia, caravella portoghese
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