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Portuguese man-of-war

Used other than as an idiom: see Portuguese, man-of-war.
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Additional definitions for 'Portuguese man-of-war':

Portuguese man-of-warA floating colony of hydrozoans (Physalia physalis) attached to a float; it superficially resembles a jellyfish.
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portugisisk krigsmann

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