Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese man–of–war
noun plural Portuguese man–of–wars also Portuguese men–of–war
Definition of PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR
: any of a genus (Physalia of the family Physaliidae) of large tropical and subtropical pelagic siphonophores having a crested bladderlike float which bears the colony comprised of three types of zooids on the lower surface with one of the three having nematocyst-equipped tentacles
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1707
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