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Found 2 items, similar to men-of-war.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: men-of-war
man-of-war
n 1: a warship intended for combat [syn:
ship of the line]
2: large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging
tentacles [syn:
Portuguese man-of-war,
jellyfish]
[also:
men-of-war (pl),
men-o'-war (pl)]
men-of-war
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man-of-war
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Men-of-war
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 (Zo["o]l.), the frigate bird.
Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war.
Portuguese man-of-war (Zo["o]l.), 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]
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