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    GENUS PHYSALIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Portuguese man-of-warplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Physalia; Physalia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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