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Portuguese man-of-war

Portuguese man·of·war

Portuguese man-of-war

 
pronunciation:
por ch giz maen v wor [or] por ch gis maen v wor
part of speech: noun
definition: a kind of jellyfish that lives in warm oceans. Each man-of-war is a colony or group of animals that live together. The colony has many long stinging tentacles that can hurt people or other animals.