manofwar : Idioms & Phrases

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Man-of-war bird

  • noun long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
    frigate bird.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross.
Webster 1913

Man-of-war hawk

  • (Zoöl.), the frigate bird.
Webster 1913

Man-of-war's man

  • a sailor serving in a ship of war.
Webster 1913

Portuguese man-of-war

  • noun large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
    man-of-war; jellyfish.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Physalia. See Physalia.
Webster 1913