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MAN-OF-WAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: men-o'-war    , men-of-war   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A warship intended for combat

Synonyms:

man-of-war; ship of the line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "man-of-war"):

sailing warship (a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century)

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