Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles.
Synonyms
Examples for "man-of-war"
Examples for "man-of-war"
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And all the time the British-man-of-war admired and applauded in the offing.
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Mr. Atherton died at sea as a guest on a Chilean man-of-war.
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It was Evans' very first commission, his only voyage in a man-of-war.
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In a man-of-war you could fight or run as your wisdom dictated.
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Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the coast.
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Among the strays, brought by the Gulf Stream, is the beautiful azure sail of the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia.
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The light fixture hanging from the ceiling was a lucite model of that formidable jellyfish, the Portuguese man-of-war.
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U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad shows Portuguese Man-of-War jellyfish stings after she arrived in Key West, Florida September 25, 2011.
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Like the jellyfish that I saw at sea, Fallion thought, radiating light.
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Sharks and jellyfish aren't bad; they're simply doing what nature intended, existing.
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Nobody else saw any jellyfish, nobody else got stung, Mr McKenzie said.
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It helps salve the pain, with jellyfish stings and with sea urchins.
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To improve these circumstances, a new jellyfish valve was designed and manufactured.
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But the very softness had a kind of jellyfish sting in it.
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The men at this station survive by virtue of their jellyfish quality.
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When we need protest and backbone, we get mealy-mouthed responses and jellyfish.
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He regularly front-crawls his way through blooms of jellyfish on his journey.
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One of China's largest jellyfish aquariums has opened in Fushun, north-east China.
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Once, in a moment of fancy, he had thought of Jovian jellyfish.
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There is even a rare species of jellyfish named in her honour.
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It is like the common jellyfish but without the four pink rings.
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We saw this striking blue jellyfish on the shore in Clew Bay.
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Man-made flying jellyfish and robotic pack mules are all well and good.
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Expect to see everything from sharks and stingrays to Nemo and jellyfish.
