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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles;
[syn: Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues, Pg. portuguez.] Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal. [1913 Webster] Portuguese man-of-war. (Zool.) See Physalia. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Man-of-war \Man`-of-war"\, n; pl. Men-of-war. 1. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: ship of the line. [1913 Webster] 2. The Portuguese man-of-war. Syn: Syn. --, jellyfish. [WordNet 1.5] Man-of-war hawk (Zool.), the frigate bird. Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. Portuguese man-of-war (Zool.), any species of the genus Physalia; it is a hydrozoan having both medusa and polyp stages present in a single colony. It floats on the surface of the sea by a buoyant bladderlike structure, from which dangle multiple long tentacles with stinging cells. Its can cause severe rashes when it comes in contact with humans swimming in the area. See Physalia. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Portuguese man-of-war n 1: large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles [syn: Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish]