how did the portuguese man of war get its name
Portuguese man o' war The name "man o' war" comes from the man-of-war, an 18th-century armed sailing ship,[3] and the cnidarian's supposed resemblance to the Portuguese version at full sail.[4] In other languages, it is known as the 'Portuguese war-ship' (Dutch: Portugees oorlogsschip, Norwegian: portugisisk krigsskip, Finnish: portugalinsotalaiva, Chinese: 葡萄牙戰艦; pinyin: Pútáoyá zhànjiàn), the 'Portuguese galley' (German: portugiesische Galeere, Hungarian: portugál gálya), the 'Portuguese caravel' (Portuguese: caravela portuguesa, Spanish: carabela portuguesa, Italian: caravella portoghese), (French: caravelle portugaise, the 'Portuguese little boat' (Russian: португальский кораблик), the 'monk's hat jellyfish' (Chinese: 僧帽水母; pinyin: sēngmào shuǐmǔ), or the 'skipjack's eboshi-hat' (katsuo no eboshi (Japanese: 鰹の烏帽子)).