PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

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 I. (noun) 

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

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

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

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

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