Definition of Man-af-war
Man`-of-war" (?), n; pl.
Men-of-war. A government vessel employed for
the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.
Man-of-war bird (Zoöl.), The
frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering
albatross. -- Man-of-war hawk
(Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-
war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. --
Portuguese man-of-war (Zoöl.), any
species of the genus Physalia. See Physalia.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Portuguese man o' war, a kind of jellyfish
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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