The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war or bluebottle, is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific...
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Man o' War was a thoroughbred racehorse considered an all-time great. Man o' War (or capitalization variations thereof) may also refer to: Portuguese...
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tentacles of the Portuguese man o' war, feeding on its tentacles and gonads. Although it possesses resistance to the toxin produced by the man o' war, this species...
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G. atlanticus feeds on other pelagic creatures, including the Portuguese man o' war and other venomous siphonophores. This sea slug stores stinging...
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man o' war, a dangerous marine animal Portuguese people, an ethnic group All pages with titles beginning with Portuguese Sonnets from the Portuguese "A...
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the Portuguese man o' war Max Manus: Man of War, a 2008 Norwegian World War II film Portuguese man o' war, also referred to as Portuguese man of war, a...
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Sheepshank (redirect from Man o' war sheepshank)
it can fail. It is strongly advised that an alternative knot be used. The man-o'war sheepshank is a sheepshank knot with a Handcuff knot in the middle...
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these tissues. Carl Linnaeus described the first siphonophore, the Portuguese man o' war, in 1758. The discovery rate of siphonophore species was slow in...
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jelly (Craspedacusta sowerbyi), freshwater polyps (Hydra), Obelia, Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), chondrophores (Porpitidae), and pink-hearted...
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one of its food species: the pelagic siphonophore known as the Portuguese Man o' War, Physalia physalis. Diverticulum (mollusc), Diverticula are the...
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7 cm have been reported to carry with them the tentacles of the Portuguese man o' war. It is speculated that these tentacles serve both as a defensive...
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Oken, 1815, a synonym for the Portuguese man o' war Arethusa caravell Oken, 1815, a synonym for the Portuguese man o' war 95 Arethusa, an asteroid Arethusa...
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are similar to the better-known siphonophores, which includes the Portuguese man o' war, or Physalia physalis. Although it is superficially similar to a...
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community that includes the better-known cnidarian siphonophore, the Portuguese man o' war. Specialized predatory gastropod molluscs prey on these cnidarians...
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sessile members, such as Hydra, and colonial swimmers (such as the Portuguese man o' war)). Staurozoa have recently been recognised as a class in their own...
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Vinegar has been known to increase the nematocyst discharge in Portuguese man o' war (P. physalis) and the Atlantic sea nettle (C. quinquecirrha). Dispelling...
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eaten by their prey species. Ciguatera poisoning can be fatal. The Portuguese Man o' War is a floating hydrozoan with retractile tentacles which may be several...
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genera Specifically, the blue bottle fly Calliphora vomitoria The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia utriculus), stinging marine siphonophores resembling jellyfish...
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In Royal Navy jargon, a man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or simply man) was a powerful warship or frigate which was frequently used in Europe from the 16th...
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famous by Sherlock Holmes) or the siphonophore Physalia physalis (Portuguese man o' war, "Bluebottle") can cause extremely painful and sometimes fatal stings...
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female until hatching. Blanket octopuses are immune to the venomous Portuguese man o' war, whose tentacles the male and immature females rip off and use for...
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can store and use stinging cells, or nematocysts, from its prey (Portuguese man o' war) in its finger-like cerata. Other species, like the Pyjama slug...
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instead, he drowns himself. Panicked Emily steps on a washed up Portuguese man o' war. It stings her and Emily sees a worm-like creature crawling in an...
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specialised functions which resemble jellyfish) such as the Portuguese man o' war; the man-of-war fish, Nomeus gronovii, is known to eat its tentacles and...
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characteristics such as age, type, and growth stage.[citation needed] Portuguese man o' war Zoanthid One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text...
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pierce the skin and inject venom. Some hydrozoans, including the Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis) Some sea anemones Some corals Several species...
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ʻAu[hau]-waʻa-l[o]a-lua. However, Pukui may have been referring to the Portuguese man o' war, which Hawaiians called ʻAuwaʻalalua. Noenoe Silva offers the alternate...
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octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus) will hold the tentacles of the Portuguese man o' war (whose venom they are immune to), both as a means of protection...
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can be cross-reactivity (an allergic reaction) if later stung by Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) or sea nettles (Chrysaora). There is one known...
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Cystonectae is a suborder of siphonophores. It includes the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) and Bathyphysa conifera. In Japanese, it is called...
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