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Portuguese man-of-war

Por·tu·guese man-of-war (plural Por·tu·guese man-of-wars or Por·tu·guese men-of-war)


noun 
Definition:
 
sea organism resembling jellyfish: a sea organism hydrozoan that resembles a jellyfish and lives in warm waters. It has a transparent gas-filled float and long stinging, often poisonous tentacles. Genus Physalia.

[< its crest, resembling a sail]
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