man-of-war
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9.2
- noun
- /ˈmæn əv wɔr/
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medusa portuguesa
- Another French ship, the Fougueux, then attacked the Temeraire, but the British man-of-war fired her starboard broadside, to equally good effect, and secured her second prize, lashed this time to her starboard side.
- man-of-war
Examples
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Today this port is the entrepot of Asian commerce, a coaling station for vessels of all countries, a deep, safe harbor for England's own ships and men-of-war, and a point from which she can command both seas.
Blog text (22) -
"I got stung by a Portuguese man-of-war." "A very small sting."
Fiction book (1992) -
The tide was coming in, bringing with it brown mats of seaweed, and, tangled in the vegetation, thousands of the jellyfish known as Portuguese men-of-war.
Fiction book (1994) -
It also obliquely prepares him for his later being pressed (i.e., "recruited") aboard the Thunder man-of-war, where he himself is accused.
Academic text (1990) -
While swimming in the ocean, I was stung by a man-of-war, which caused a sharp pain in my arm.
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During our beach walk, we noticed several man-of-war washed up on the sand, their tentacles long and translucent.
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A man-of-war floated nearby, its vibrant colors warning us to be cautious as we entered the water.
Synonyms
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1.1
An animal that lives in the sea like a fish or dolphin
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2.2
An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or whale
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2.6
An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or octopus
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1.0
A living thing that lives in the sea like a fish or whale
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8.8
A large sea animal with a float and long tentacles that can sting people
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9.9
A floating sea animal with a gas-filled float and long stinging tentacles
A sea animal made of many joined parts that work together as one, like the Portuguese man-of-war
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the sea animal man-of-war is to imagine its float looking like the sail of a small warship, so sailors compared it to a 'man-of-war' ship. That's why the man-of-war, often called the 'Portuguese man-of-war', is a floating creature with long, stinging tentacles.