- genus Physalia
- nounPortuguese man-of-war• Syn: ↑Physalia• Hypernyms: ↑coelenterate genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Siphonophora, ↑order Siphonophora• Member Meronyms: ↑Portuguese man-of-war, ↑man-of-war, ↑jellyfish
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genus Physalia
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Physalia — A genus of the invertebrate phylum Cnidaria that includes the Portuguese man of war. P. physalis the Portuguese man of war, a jellyfishlike animal consisting of a complex colony of individual members that can inflict extremely painful stings. SYN … Medical dictionary
Physalia — noun Portuguese man of war • Syn: ↑genus Physalia • Hypernyms: ↑coelenterate genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Siphonophora, ↑order Siphonophora • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Physalia — Phy*sa li*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bladder, fr. ? a bellows.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man of war. [1913 Webster] Note: It has a large air sac, or float, with a sail like crest on its upper… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Physalia arethusa — Physalia Phy*sa li*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bladder, fr. ? a bellows.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man of war. [1913 Webster] Note: It has a large air sac, or float, with a sail like crest on its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coelenterate genus — noun a genus of coelenterates • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Chrysaora, ↑genus Chrysaora, ↑genus Hydra, ↑genus Nanomia, ↑Physalia, ↑genus Physalia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Portuguese man-of-war — any of several large, oceanic hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, having a large, bladderlike structure with a saillike crest by which they are buoyed up and from which dangle tentacles with stinging cells. [1700 10] * * * Any of various floating,… … Universalium
Portuguese Man o' War — This article is about the marine invertebrate. For other uses, see Man O War (disambiguation). Portuguese Man o War Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Portuguese man-of-war — Por·tu·guese man of war .pȯr chə .gēz .man əv wȯr n, pl Portuguese man of wars wȯrz also Portuguese men of war .men əv wȯr any siphonophore of the genus Physalia including large tropical and subtropical oceanic forms having a crested… … Medical dictionary
order Siphonophora — noun marine colonial hydrozoans • Syn: ↑Siphonophora • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrozoa, ↑class Hydrozoa • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Siphonophora — noun marine colonial hydrozoans • Syn: ↑order Siphonophora • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrozoa, ↑class Hydrozoa • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
