genus physalia

1. 1.

   Portuguese man-of-war

   SynonymsPhysalia

   Broadercoelenterate genus

   Part ofSiphonophora

Questions about genus physalia

What does genus physalia mean?

genus physalia means "Portuguese man-of-war".

What is another word for genus physalia?

Close synonyms include Physalia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus physalia a common word?

genus physalia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.