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portuguese man of war

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Portuguese man-of-war

 
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–noun
any of several large, oceanic hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, having a large, bladderlike structure with a saillike crest by which they are buoyed up and from which dangle tentacles with stinging cells.
Origin:
1700–10
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Main Entry: Por·tu·guese man–of–war
Pronunciation: "por-ch&-"gEz-"man-&v-'wor
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Portuguese man–of–wars /-'worz/ also Portuguese men–of–war /-"men-&v-'wor/
: any siphonophore of the genusPhysalia including large tropical and subtropical oceanic forms having a crested bladderlike float which bears a colony comprised of three types of zooids on the lower surface with one of thethree having stinging tentacles
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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