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Portuguese man-of-war

Alternative forms

• Portuguese Man-of-War
• Portuguese man-o'-war, Portuguese man-o-war, Portuguese man o' war, Portuguese Man o' War, Portuguese Man-O-War, Portuguese Man-O'War, Portuguese Man-o'-War, Portuguese Man-o-War, Portuguese man o'war, Portuguese Man O' War (rare), Portuguese-man-o-war (rare, obsolete), Portuguese Man o'War (rare), Portuguese man-o'war (rare)

Noun

Portuguese man-of-war ‎(plural Portuguese men-of-war)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see Portuguese,‎ man-of-war.
2. A floating colony of hydrozoans (Physalia physalis) attached to a float; it superficially resembles a jellyfish.

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