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Definition of Portuguese man-of-war in English: Portuguese man-of-warnoun A floating colonial coelenterate with a number of polyps and a conspicuous float. It bears long tentacles which are able to inflict painful stings and occurs chiefly in warm seas. Physalia physalis, order Siphonophora, class Hydrozoa Example sentencesExamples - There are about a million reported cases of stings each year - most commonly from jellyfish, and particularly in tropical oceans where the Portuguese man-of-war and box jellyfish are prevalent.
- Weird algae bloomed in the seas, and strange warm-water beasts, such as Portuguese men-of-war and man-eating sharks, were said to be circling our shores.
- Surfers more often encounter free-floating coelenterates such as the true jellyfish, Portuguese man-of-war, and box jellyfish.
- Dilute vinegar is good first aid for box jellyfish and Portuguese man-of-war stings.
- Among their more unusual behavior, the octopuses employ a unique defense mechanism by tearing off the tentacles of passing Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish.
- If a Portuguese man-of-war stings you it will be very painful.
- I wondered just how many stings I could take, as I anxiously scanned the surface for the float sac of a Portuguese man-of-war.
- It's so hot in Dublin that Portuguese men-of-war are washing ashore.
- Or consider the Portuguese man-of-war, a creature that acts like an individual but is actually a huge colony of beings moving as one.
Definition of Portuguese man-of-war in US English: Portuguese man-of-warnounˈpɔrtʃəˌɡiz mæn əv A floating colonial coelenterate with a number of polyps and a conspicuous float. It occurs chiefly in warm seas, and bears long tentacles that can inflict painful stings. Physalia physalis, order Siphonophora, class Hydrozoa Example sentencesExamples - It's so hot in Dublin that Portuguese men-of-war are washing ashore.
- Weird algae bloomed in the seas, and strange warm-water beasts, such as Portuguese men-of-war and man-eating sharks, were said to be circling our shores.
- If a Portuguese man-of-war stings you it will be very painful.
- Dilute vinegar is good first aid for box jellyfish and Portuguese man-of-war stings.
- Or consider the Portuguese man-of-war, a creature that acts like an individual but is actually a huge colony of beings moving as one.
- There are about a million reported cases of stings each year - most commonly from jellyfish, and particularly in tropical oceans where the Portuguese man-of-war and box jellyfish are prevalent.
- I wondered just how many stings I could take, as I anxiously scanned the surface for the float sac of a Portuguese man-of-war.
- Surfers more often encounter free-floating coelenterates such as the true jellyfish, Portuguese man-of-war, and box jellyfish.
- Among their more unusual behavior, the octopuses employ a unique defense mechanism by tearing off the tentacles of passing Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish.
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