English - Turkish
Definition of man-o-war in English Turkish dictionary
- man of the war
- savaş gemisi
- man of war
- savaş gemisi
- portuguese man-of-war
- denizanası
- man of war
- zehirli denizanası
- man of war
- eski savaş gemisi
- man of war
- dev denizanası
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English - English
Definition of man-o-war in English English dictionary
- Portuguese man-of-war, a kind of jellyfish
- Portuguese man-of-war
- A floating colony of hydrozoans (Physalia physalis) attached to a float; it superficially resembles a jellyfish
- man of war
- a military man
- man of war
- Portuguese man-of-war, a type of jellyfish
- man of war
- an armed naval vessel
- man of war
- man of war bird, the magnificent frigatebird
- man-o'-war
- an armed naval vessel
- man-o'-war suit
- A suit, especially worn in the 19th century, with long trousers and wide-brimmed straw sailor hat
She had an open book on her knees and was pointing out something in it to Constantine who, dressed in a man-o'-war suit, lay at her feet. - The Dead, from Dubliners, by James Joyce.
- man-of-war
- The Portuguese man-of-war, a kind of jellyfish
- man-of-war
- An armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails
- Man o' War
- (foaled 1917) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In two seasons (1919-20), he won 20 of 21 races, including the Preakness and Belmont stakes. (He did not run in the Kentucky Derby.) He sired 64 stakes horses, including War Admiral, a Triple Crown winner (1937). In a 1950 Associated Press poll, Man o' War was voted the greatest horse of the first half of the 20th century
- Portuguese man-of-war
- {i} floating jellyfish-like oceanic hydrozoan with a noticeable blue float and long stinging tentacles
- Portuguese man-of-war
- A complex colonial siphonophore of the genus Physalia, of warm seas, having a bluish bladderlike float with a broad saillike crest from which hang numerous long stinging tentacles. a very large, poisonous jellyfish. Any of various floating, warm-water marine cnidarians (genus Physalia, class Hydrozoa) found worldwide but mostly in the Gulf Stream and the Indian and Pacific oceans. The medusa-form body consists of a translucent, jellylike, gas-filled float, which may be 3-12 in. (9-30 cm) long. Polyps beneath the float bear hanging tentacles up to 165 ft (50 m) long. Nematocysts on some polyps paralyze fish and other prey. Other polyps then attach to, spread over, and digest the victim. A third type of polyp is involved in reproduction. The painful sting of Physalia can cause fever, shock, or disruption of heart and lung function
- man of war
- warship, battleship
- man-of-war
- a warship intended for combat
- man-of-war
- man-o'-war men-of-war a ship with guns that was used in the past in sea battles
- man-of-war
- large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
- man-of-war bird
- frigate bird: long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
- portuguese man-of-war
- large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles