Definition of Genus physalia

1. Noun. Portuguese man-of-war.

Exact synonyms: Physalia
Generic synonyms: Coelenterate Genus
Group relationships: Order Siphonophora, Siphonophora
Member holonyms: Jellyfish, Man-of-war, Portuguese Man-of-war

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Physalia

genus Phrynosoma
genus Phthirius
genus Phthirus
genus Phthorimaea
genus Phyllitis
genus Phyllium
genus Phyllocladus
genus Phyllodoce
genus Phylloporus
genus Phyllorhynchus
genus Phylloscopus
genus Phyllostachys
genus Phyllostomus
genus Phylloxera
genus Physa
genus Physalia
genus Physalis
genus Physaria
genus Physeter
genus Physostegia
genus Physostigma
genus Phytelephas
genus Phytolacca
genus Phytophthora
genus Pica
genus Picea
genus Pickeringia
genus Picoides
genus Picrasma
genus Picris

Literary usage of Genus physalia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Medusae Collected by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1886)
"sarily be an unprofitable one, the fact remains that the genus Physalia in its systematic position is widely isolated from other ..."

2. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"Genus PHYSALIA. P. pelagica, Eschscholtz. South of Ireland, Miss Ball. Two specimens obtained at different times. Genus VELELLA. ..."

3. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"Portuguese Men-o-War (Figure 12-4), which are grouped together in the genus Physalia, are colonial hydroids known as siphonophores. ..."

4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus physalia is a prominent one. It contains the Portuguese Man-of-War, P. arethusa, Til., one of the most remarkable and best known of this group. ..."

5. Penikese: A Reminiscence by Frank Haak Lattin (1895)
"... Genus, Physalia; Species, Arethusa. Now these long names are apparently meaningless to the majority of mankind, but as we have no specimen ..."

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