man-of-war

English Thesaurus

1. large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	siphonophore,
definition	:	a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus physalia, physalia,
definition	:	Portuguese man-of-war (noun.animal)

2. a warship intended for combat (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	combat ship, war vessel, warship,
definition	:	a government ship that is available for waging war (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	sailing warship,
definition	:	a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century (noun.artifact)