PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Portuguese man-of-war mean? 

• PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR (noun)
  The noun PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR has 1 sense:

1. large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

  Familiarity information: PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

jellyfish; man-of-war; Portuguese man-of-war

Hypernyms ("Portuguese man-of-war" is a kind of...):

siphonophore (a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored)

Holonyms ("Portuguese man-of-war" is a member of...):

genus Physalia; Physalia (Portuguese man-of-war)