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PHYSALIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Portuguese man-of-war

Synonyms:

genus Physalia; Physalia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Physalia" is a kind of...):

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "Physalia"):

jellyfish; man-of-war; Portuguese man-of-war (large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles)

Holonyms ("Physalia" is a member of...):

order Siphonophora; Siphonophora (marine colonial hydrozoans)

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