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Man-of-war

British pronunciation/mˈanɒvwˈɔː/
American pronunciation/mˈænʌvwˈɔːɹ/
Man-of-war
[NOUN]
1

large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

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man-of-war definition and meaning
2

a warship intended for combat

synonyms : ship of the line
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Examples
1I'm like a man-of-war jellyfish, Tyler:
2Near Barbados, the Queen Anne’s Revenge engaged in a naval battle with a powerful man-of-war named the HMS Scarborough.
3And there was a purple flag to signify dangerous marine life in the water, and from my experience, most of the time, the dangerous marine life was man-of-wars.
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