Physalian.

Brit.

/fʌɪˈseɪlɪə/,

/fᵻˈseɪlɪə/, U.S.

/faɪˈseɪljə/,

/fəˈseɪljə/

Inflections: Plural Physalias, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s Physaliae (plural), 1800s– Physalia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Physalia.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Physalia, genus name (J. B. P. A. de Lamarck Système des animaux sans vertèbres(1801) 355 , after physalis , used as specific name (in the genus Holothuria) by Linnaeus Systema naturæ(1758) < either Hellenistic Greek ϕυσαλέος inflated with wind ( < ancient Greek ϕῦσα breath, wind, bellows (see physa n.) + -αλέος , suffix forming adjectives) or Hellenistic Greek ϕυσαλλίς bladder, bubble (see Physalis n.) + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹. Compare French Physalie (1817 in the passage translated in quot. 1834 at main sense), Italian fisalia (1834).

Zoology.

A genus of large pelagic siphonophores including the Portuguese men-of-war; (also physalia) an animal of this genus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Siphonophora > genus Physalia

Physalia1834

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 483 The Physaliæ resemble an extremely large oblong bladder,..furnished beneath..with numerous, cylindrical, fleshy productions.

1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. iii. 521 Oceanic Hydrozoa which..have long pendant tentacles, such as..Physalia.

1895 Argosy Nov. 168/2 One of the strangest cases of friendship is that existing between the physalia..and several small fish which make their home among its tentacles.

1915 St. Nicholas Mag. June 746/1 The radiantly beautiful Physalia..raises its sail and becomes virtually a ship sailing in fleets over the tropical seas.

1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xiv. 430 Unusual jellyfish are the colonial forms, including the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia.

2001 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 8 Dec. 1 d These jellyfish-like creatures are storming our beaches, back for their annual Atlantic assault. What motivates these freaky Florida-bound physalias?

Derivatives

phyˈsalian adj. and n. rare (a) adj. belonging to the genus Physalia; (b) n. an animal of this genus, a Portuguese man-of-war.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Physalian, n. & a.

1906 N.E.D. at Physalia Physalian a...also sb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physalia
释义	Physalian. Brit. /fʌɪˈseɪlɪə/, /fᵻˈseɪlɪə/, U.S. /faɪˈseɪljə/, /fəˈseɪljə/ Inflections: Plural Physalias, unchanged. Forms: 1800s Physaliae (plural), 1800s– Physalia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Physalia. Etymology: < scientific Latin Physalia, genus name (J. B. P. A. de Lamarck Système des animaux sans vertèbres(1801) 355 , after physalis , used as specific name (in the genus Holothuria) by Linnaeus Systema naturæ(1758) < either Hellenistic Greek ϕυσαλέος inflated with wind ( < ancient Greek ϕῦσα breath, wind, bellows (see physa n.) + -αλέος , suffix forming adjectives) or Hellenistic Greek ϕυσαλλίς bladder, bubble (see Physalis n.) + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹. Compare French Physalie (1817 in the passage translated in quot. 1834 at main sense), Italian fisalia (1834). Zoology. A genus of large pelagic siphonophores including the Portuguese men-of-war; (also physalia) an animal of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Siphonophora > genus Physalia Physalia1834 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 483 The Physaliæ resemble an extremely large oblong bladder,..furnished beneath..with numerous, cylindrical, fleshy productions. 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. iii. 521 Oceanic Hydrozoa which..have long pendant tentacles, such as..Physalia. 1895 Argosy Nov. 168/2 One of the strangest cases of friendship is that existing between the physalia..and several small fish which make their home among its tentacles. 1915 St. Nicholas Mag. June 746/1 The radiantly beautiful Physalia..raises its sail and becomes virtually a ship sailing in fleets over the tropical seas. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xiv. 430 Unusual jellyfish are the colonial forms, including the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia. 2001 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 8 Dec. 1 d These jellyfish-like creatures are storming our beaches, back for their annual Atlantic assault. What motivates these freaky Florida-bound physalias? Derivatives phyˈsalian adj. and n. rare (a) adj. belonging to the genus Physalia; (b) n. an animal of this genus, a Portuguese man-of-war.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Physalian, n. & a. 1906 N.E.D. at Physalia Physalian a...also sb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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