Physalia
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See also: physalia
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Portuguese_Man-O-War_%28Physalia_physalis%29.jpg/220px-Portuguese_Man-O-War_%28Physalia_physalis%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]New Latin physalis (“bladder, bubble”), from Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís)
Proper noun
[edit]Physalia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Physaliidae – colonies of specialized polyps and medusoids, the Pacific man-of-war and the Portuguese man-of-war.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Medusozoa - subphylum; Hydrozoa - class; Siphonophorae - order; Cystonectae - suborder; Physaliidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Physalia physalis, Physalia utriculus - species
References
[edit]Physalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Physalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Physalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons