PHYSALIA

Meaning of PHYSALIA in English

noun a genus of large oceanic siphonophora which includes the portuguese man-of-war.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PHYSALIA — fīˈsālēə, -lyə noun Etymology: New Latin, modification of Greek physallis bladder, bubble; akin to Greek physa bellows 1. capitalized : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHYSALIA — (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.
Английский словарь Webster
PHYSALIA — ( n. ) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — noun (plural ~s; also Portuguese men-of-war) Date: 1707 any of a genus ( Physalia of the family Physaliidae) of large …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — Any of various floating, warm-water marine Physalia , class Hydrozoa) found worldwide but mostly in the Gulf Stream and the …
Английский словарь Британика
PHYSALIAN — adjective or noun see physalia
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : any of several large brilliantly colored chiefly tropical siphonophores (genus Physalia ) that float …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PNEUMATOPHORE — ˈn(y)üməd.əˌfō(ə)r, n(y)üˈmad.əˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pneumat- + -phore 1. : a muscular gas-containing sac that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PNEUMONOPHORA — (n. pl.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.
Английский словарь Webster
PNEUMATOCYST — (n.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia.
Английский словарь Webster
PHYSOGRADE — (n.) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia.
Английский словарь Webster
PHYSALIAE — (n. pl.) An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.
Английский словарь Webster
PNEUMONOPHORA — ( n. pl. ) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PNEUMATOCYST — ( n. ) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHYSOGRADE — ( n. ) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHYSALIAE — ( n. pl. ) An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — any of several large, oceanic hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, having a large, bladderlike structure with a saillike crest by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — ( plural Portuguese man-of-wars also Portuguese men-of-war ) Date: 1707 : any of a genus ( Physalia of the family …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PNEUMONOPHORA — noun ·pl the division of siphonophora which includes the physalia and allied genera; called also pneumatophorae.
Webster English vocab
PNEUMATOCYST — noun a cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in physalia.
Webster English vocab
PHYSOGRADE — noun any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the physalia.
Webster English vocab
PHYSALIAE — noun ·pl an order of siphonophora which includes physalia.
Webster English vocab
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — ■ noun a floating jellyfish-like marine coelenterate with a number of polyps, a conspicuous, often blue float, and long stinging …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — [Portuguese man-of-war] n, pl Portuguese man-of-wars also Portuguese men-of-war (1707): any of a genus (Physalia) of large tropical and subtropical …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLANKTON — marine and freshwater organisms, which, because they are nonmotile or because they are too small or too weak to swim …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAN-OF-WAR FISH — (species Nomeus gronovii), small marine fish of the family Nomeidae (order Perciformes; sometimes placed in family Stromateidae), noted for living …
Britannica English vocabulary
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — (genus Physalia), any of various invertebrate, jellylike marine animals of the class Hydrozoa (phylum Cnidaria) noted for their floating habit …
Britannica English vocabulary
PORTUGUESE — n. & adj. --n. (pl. same) 1 a a native or national of Portugal. b a person of Portuguese descent. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PORTUGUESE — n. & adj. n. (pl. same) 1 a a native or national of Portugal. b a person of Portuguese descent. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PORTUGUESE — n. & adj. --n. (pl. same) 1. a a native or national of Portugal. b a person of Portuguese descent. …
Oxford English vocab
PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR — Any of various floating, warm-water marine cnidarians (genus Physalia , class Hydrozoa) found worldwide but mostly in the Gulf Stream …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Webster English vocab

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