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 Definitions of portuguese man-of-war  [ˌpɔr tʃəˈgiz, -ˈgis, ˌpoʊr-]  

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Definition of 'portuguese man-of-war' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Portuguese man-of-war
any of several large, colonial marine hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, having a buoyant saillike sac from which dangle poisonous stinging tentacles.

Etymology:  (1700–10)

Definition of 'portuguese man-of-war' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish
large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

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