- portuguese man-of-war fish
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized P
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
portuguese man-of-war fish
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man-of-war fish — a small, tropical fish, Nomeus gronovii, that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man of war. * * * ▪ fish (species Nomeus gronovii), small marine fish of the family Nomeidae (order Perciformes; sometimes placed in family… … Universalium
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man-of-war fish — noun : a small fish (Nomeus gronovii) of the family Nomeidae that is common in the Gulf of Mexico and that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man of war * * * a small, tropical fish, Nomeus gronovii, that lives among the tentacles of the … 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
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