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==Etymology== [[File:Caravela de armada of Joao Serrao.jpg|thumb|The name comes from the animal’s resemblance to a sailing warship, the Portuguese man-of-war (the [[caravel]])]] The name ''man o’ war'' comes from the [[man-of-war]], a sailing warship,<ref name=Greene1998>{{cite book|last1=Greene|first1=Thomas F.|title=Marine Science: Marine Biology and Oceanography|publisher=Amsco School Publications|location=|year=1998|isbn=978-0-87720-071-0}}</ref> and the animal's resemblance to the Portuguese version (the [[caravel]]) at full sail.<ref name=WoRMSPhysaliaphysalis/><ref name=oed/><ref name=Millward2012>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9526551/Surge-in-number-of-men-owar-being-washed-up-on-beaches.html|title=Surge in number of men o'war being washed up on beaches|last=Millward|first=David|date=8 September 2012|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031062706/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9526551/Surge-in-number-of-men-owar-being-washed-up-on-beaches.html|archive-date=2012-10-31|access-date=2012-09-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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