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‖ Physalia Zool.|faɪˈseɪlɪə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ϕῡσαλέος inflated with wind, ϕυσαλλίς bladder, bubble.]
A genus of oceanic hydrozoa; the Portuguese man-of-war: see man-of-war 4. Hence phyˈsalian a., belonging to this genus; also n., a species of Physalia.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Physalis, or Physalia, the name of a hydrostatic Acalephan, commonly called the Portuguese man-of-war. 1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1872) I. v. iii. 521 Oceanic Hydrozoa which..have long pendant tentacles, such as Physalia. 1861Hartwig Sea & Wond. xv, The Physalia caravella or Portuguese man-of-war, is the mariner's admiration. On a large float-bladder..rises a vertical comb [etc.]. |