The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Portuguese Man-o'-war

Sea Terms

A physalis; a compound found floating on the surface of the ocean, the lower or submerged part being provided with tentacles, and supporting a transparent shell-like hull with a silken lateen sail, which can be lowered (collapsed) and set at will by the little creature.

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