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Definition of Portuguese man-of-war noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Portuguese man-of-war

noun

/ˌpɔːtʃʊɡiːz ˌmæn əv ˈwɔː(r)/

/ˌpɔːrtʃʊɡiːz ˌmæn əv ˈwɔːr/

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a sea creature similar to a jellyfish, with long tentacles that can give a poisonous stingTopics Fish and shellfishc2

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