Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "Portuguese man-of-war" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

Portuguese man-of-war play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Portuguese man-of-war is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Portuguese man-of-war

Portuguese man o' war

The Portuguese man o' war, also known as the Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, or bluebottle, though often mistaken as a common jellyfish, is a marine cnidarian of the family Physaliidae. Its venomous tentacles can deliver a painful sting. Despite its outward appearance, the Portuguese man o' war is not a common jellyfish but a siphonophore, which differs from jellyfish in that it is not actually a single multicellular organism but a colonial organism made up of many highly specialized minute individuals called zooids. These zooids are attached to one another and physiologically integrated to the extent that they are incapable of independent survival.

Definition of Portuguese man-of-war in the English dictionary

The definition of Portuguese man-of-war in the dictionary is any of several large complex colonial hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, esp P. physalis, having an aerial float and long stinging tentacles: order Siphonophora Sometimes shortened to: man-of-war.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

Portsmouth
Portugal
Portugal laurel
Portuguese
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese Guinean
Portuguese India
Portuguese Timor
Portuguese water dog
Portuguese West Africa
Portuguese-speaking
portulaca
portulacaceous
porty
porwiggle
pory
POS

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

Bhubaneswar
civil war
cold war
council of war
cyberwar
Dewar
flame war
holy war
man-of-war
Medawar
men-of-war
Peshawar
post-war
prisoner of war
shalwar
sloop of war
theatre of war
tug-of-war
turf war
war

Synonyms and antonyms of Portuguese man-of-war in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Portuguese man-of-war» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR

Find out the translation of Portuguese man-of-war to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Portuguese man-of-war from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Portuguese man-of-war» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

葡人为战争的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Portugués buque de guerra
570 millions of speakers

English

Portuguese man-of-war
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुर्तगाली मैन ऑफ युद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرتغالية رجل من الحرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Португальский человек каната
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Português homem -de-guerra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্তুগিজ ম্যান-অফ-ওয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Portugais homme de guerre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki perang dari Portugis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Portugiese Kriegs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カツオノエボシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포르투갈어 인간 의 전쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Portugis wong-perang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bồ Đào Nha nhân của chiến tranh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்த்துகீசியம் போர் போர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्तुगीज पुरुष-युद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Portekiz savaş adamı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Portuguese man - of-war
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Portugalski man- of-war
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Португальська людина каната
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Portugheză om - de - război
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πορτογαλική άνθρωπος - του-πολέμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Portugese man - van-oorlog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Portugisisk man -of -war
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Portugisisk mann -of - war
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Portuguese man-of-war

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR»

The term «Portuguese man-of-war» is normally little used and occupies the 130.704 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
39
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Portuguese man-of-war» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Portuguese man-of-war
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Portuguese man-of-war».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Portuguese man-of-war

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR»

Discover the use of Portuguese man-of-war in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Portuguese man-of-war and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Portuguese Man-of-war: Floating Misery
Describes the natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of the Portuguese man-of-war.
Natalie Lunis, 2009
2
Exploring Life Science: Habitats - lungs
Hydras Sailing Away The Portuguese man-of-war resembles a jellyfish. However, it is actually classed as a hydroid, a close relative of hydras. The Portuguese man -of-war floats in the water with the current. Portuguese men-of-war are found in ...
‎2000
3
All Stings Considered: First Aid and Medical Treatment of ...
single tentacle up to about 30 feet long (sometimes with several thinner, less obvious tentacles). Although this is the only species officially reported in Hawaiian waters, larger Portuguese man-of-war with multiple tentacles have washed up on ...
Craig Thomas, Susan Scott, 1997
4
Introduction to Marine Biology
The small man-of-war fish gains protection by spending most of its time among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war. Although the stinging cells of the Portuguese man-of-war are capable of killing a large mackerel, one of the colony's ...
George Karleskint, Richard Turner, James Small, 2012
5
Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and ...
Scientific name: Physalia physalis Scientific classification: Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Hydrozoa Order: Siphonophora Family: Physaliidae What does it look like ? The Portuguese man-of-war is very bizarre. It has a large gas-filled bladder, tinged ...
Ross Piper, 2007
6
Dangerous Sea Life of the West Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf ...
Color plate 25 Man-of-war, Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) Range: Throughout the world mostly in tropical waters. Those in the Atlantic spawn near the equator and southeasterly winds blow them along the east coast of the Atlantic ...
Edwin S. Iversen, Renate H. Skinner, 2006
7
Dangerous Wildlife in the Southeast: A Guide to Safe ...
... medusa, named after the Greek gorgon Medusa, whose hair was a nest of writhing snakes. If you've ever been stung by a jelly, most likely a Portuguese man- of-war or a sea nettle in the U.S., then you know they are formidable to tangle with ...
F. Lynne Bachleda, 2001
8
The Christian Examiner
Who that has ever crossed the Atlantic, has not seen at times in pleasant weather , the rainbow hues of that light little mariner, the Portuguese Man-of-War, as the sailors call him ? We have heard it called, by those who aimed to be more correct  ...
‎1836
9
Symbiosis
An animal related to the jellyfish, called the Portuguese man-of-war, is another attractive sea animal that has a poisonous weapon to capture prey and uses that weapon to help partners in need. The man-of-war floats on the surface of the ...
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn, 1998
10
Frommer's Maui 2011
If you start to feel queasy, drink clear fluids, such as water, and eat something bland such as a soda cracker. Stings The most common stings in Hawaii come from Portuguese man-of-war and box jellyfish. Because the poisons they inject are ...
Jeanette Foster, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Portuguese man-of-war is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shore shark report: It's safe in the water
"I think we are through the worst with the Portuguese man-of-war," Considine said, attributing the early-summer uptick in New Jersey sightings ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
No invasion of Portuguese Man-of-War jellyfish in the Mediterranean …
Although the Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) is not a native species in the Mediteranean basin, the region experienced a high ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
3
Invasion of jellyfish
The most dangerous is the Portuguese man-of-war, which is luckily rare. There have already been a number of incidents this summer where ... «Rye and Battle Today, Jul 15»
4
Mysterious Balls of Goo Are Rolling Onto American Beaches
A Portuguese man-of-war washed up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, last week and Bologna says last year a number of box jellies were sighted off ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
5
Men-of-War on Beaches Here
The Portuguese man-of-war, a highly toxic warm-water creature that resembles and acts like a jellyfish, has been spotted over the past few ... «East Hampton Star, Jul 15»
6
I Came Face-to-Face With a Man-of-War Jellyfish in Atlantic City …
The Portuguese man-of-war has been nicknamed the "floating terror," and for good reason. The stings that the man-of-war delivers are ... «Philadelphia Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Floating terror spotted
This Portuguese man-of-war was discovered on the beach at Mackerel Cove last This Portuguese man-of-war was discovered on the beach at ... «Jamestown Press, Jul 15»
8
No Portuguese man-of-war reports at Fire Island Ocean Swim at …
Participants dash into the water to start the race during the 1-Mile, 5K & 10K Ocean Swim, a four-hour, open-water swim event hosted by Open ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
9
Portuguese Man-Of-Wars Spotted In NC
If stung by a Portuguese man-of-war can be excruciatingly painful. "The sting of a Portuguese man-of-war can take down an average size man ... «WFMY News 2, Jul 15»
10
What to do if you are stung by a Portuguese man-of-war or other …
Given the recent sightings of Portuguese man-of-war along the Jersey Shore, here's some advice on how to respond to a sting by one of them ... «Einnews Portugal, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Portuguese man-of-war [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/portuguese-man-of-war>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z