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man-of-war

N เรือรบ 

 

man-of-war

N เรือรบ  battleship naval vessel ruea-rob

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MAN-OF-WAR

Man `-*of `-*war ", n; pl. Men-of-war.

 

Defn: A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. Man-of-war bird (Zoöl.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. -- Man-of-war hawk (Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese man-of-war (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Physalia. See Physalia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

man-of-war

man-of-war |ˈˌmæn ə (v ) ˈwɔ (ə )r |(also man-o'-war ) noun ( pl. men-of-war also men-o'-war ) historical an armed sailing ship. (also man-o'-war bird ) another term for frigate bird. short for Portuguese man-of-war.

 

man-of-war fish

man-of-war fish noun a fish (Nomeus gronovii, family Nomeidae ) of tropical oceans that is often found among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war, where it sometimes browses on the host's body and tentacles.

 

Oxford Dictionary

man-of-war

man-of-war (also man-o'-war ) noun ( pl. men-of-war or men-o'-war ) 1 historical an armed sailing ship. 2 (also man-of-war bird ) another term for frigate bird.

 

man-of-war fish

man-of-war fish noun a fish (Nomeus gronovii, family Nomeidae ) of tropical oceans that is often found among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war, where it sometimes browses on the host's body and tentacles.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

man-of-war

man-of-war /mæ̀nəv -/名詞 men- C ⦅古 ⦆軍艦 .