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GENUS PHYSALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Physalia mean? 

GENUS PHYSALIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PHYSALIA has 1 sense:

1. Portuguese man-of-warplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS PHYSALIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PHYSALIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Portuguese man-of-war

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Physalia; Physalia

Hypernyms ("genus Physalia" is a kind of...):

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "genus Physalia"):

jellyfish; man-of-war; Portuguese man-of-war (large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles)

Holonyms ("genus Physalia" is a member of...):

order Siphonophora; Siphonophora (marine colonial hydrozoans)


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