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Portuguese man-of-war

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Main Entry:
Por·tu·guese man–of–war Listen to the pronunciation of Portuguese man–of–war
Pronunciation:
\ˌpȯr-chə-ˌgēz-ˌman-əv-ˈwȯr\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural Portuguese man–of–wars \-ˈwȯrz\ Listen to the pronunciation of Portuguese man–of–wars also Portuguese men–of–war \-ˌmen-əv-ˈwȯr\ Listen to the pronunciation of Portuguese men–of–war
: any siphonophore of the genus Physalia 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 the three having stinging tentacles

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