| slovo | definícia |
portuguese
(mass) | Portuguese
- portugalský, Portugalčan, portugalčina |
portuguese
(encz) | portuguese,portugalský adj: Nijel |
portuguese
(encz) | Portuguese,portugalština n: Ritchie |
Portuguese
(gcide) | Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues,
Pg. portuguez.]
Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing.
& pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
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Portuguese man-of-war. (Zool.) See Physalia.
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portuguese
(wn) | Portuguese
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the
people of Portugal or their language; "Portuguese wines"
[syn: Portuguese, Lusitanian]
n 1: the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil
2: a native or inhabitant of Portugal |
portuguese
(devil) | PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They
are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed
with garlic.
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portuguese section
(encz) | Portuguese Section, |
Portuguese
(gcide) | Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues,
Pg. portuguez.]
Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing.
& pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
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Portuguese man-of-war. (Zool.) See Physalia.
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Portuguese man-of-war
(gcide) | Portuguese \Por"tu*guese\, a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues,
Pg. portuguez.]
Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing.
& pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.
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Portuguese man-of-war. (Zool.) See Physalia.
[1913 Webster]Man-of-war \Man`-of-war"\, n; pl. Men-of-war.
1. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp.
one of large size; a ship of war. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: ship of the line.
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2. The Portuguese man-of-war.
Syn: Syn. --, jellyfish.
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Man-of-war hawk (Zool.), the frigate bird.
Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war.
Portuguese man-of-war (Zool.), any species of the genus
Physalia; it is a hydrozoan having both medusa and polyp
stages present in a single colony. It floats on the
surface of the sea by a buoyant bladderlike structure,
from which dangle multiple long tentacles with stinging
cells. Its can cause severe rashes when it comes in
contact with humans swimming in the area. See Physalia.
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portuguese cypress
(wn) | Portuguese cypress
n 1: tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping
branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal
from Goa [syn: Mexican cypress, cedar of Goa,
Portuguese cypress, Cupressus lusitanica] |
portuguese escudo
(wn) | Portuguese escudo
n 1: formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100
centavo [syn: Portuguese escudo, escudo] |
portuguese guinea
(wn) | Portuguese Guinea
n 1: a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized
as independent by Portugal in 1974 [syn: Guinea-Bissau,
Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, {Portuguese
Guinea}] |
portuguese heath
(wn) | Portuguese heath
n 1: erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula
having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in
southwestern England [syn: Spanish heath, {Portuguese
heath}, Erica lusitanica] |
portuguese man-of-war
(wn) | Portuguese man-of-war
n 1: large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging
tentacles [syn: Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war,
jellyfish] |
portuguese monetary unit
(wn) | Portuguese monetary unit
n 1: monetary unit in Portugal |
portuguese republic
(wn) | Portuguese Republic
n 1: a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula;
Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th
centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
[syn: Portugal, Portuguese Republic] |
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