■ noun a floating jellyfish-like marine coelenterate with a number of polyps, a conspicuous, often blue float, and long stinging tentacles. [ Physalia physalis .]
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR
Meaning of PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004