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GENUS PHYSALIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Physalia mean?
• GENUS PHYSALIA (noun)
The noun GENUS PHYSALIA has 1 sense:
1. Portuguese man-of-war
Familiarity information: GENUS PHYSALIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Portuguese man-of-war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Physalia; Physalia
Hypernyms ("genus Physalia" is a kind of...):
coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)
Meronyms (members of "genus Physalia"):
jellyfish; man-of-war; Portuguese man-of-war (large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles)
Holonyms ("genus Physalia" is a member of...):
order Siphonophora; Siphonophora (marine colonial hydrozoans)
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