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Engraving depicting a Portuguese man o' war, a marine hydrozoan of the family Physaliidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its venomous long tentacles deliver a painful sting, which on extremely rare occasions has been fatal to humans. Dated 19th century

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Engraving depicting a Portuguese man o' war, a marine hydrozoan of the family Physaliidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its venomous long tentacles deliver a painful sting, which on extremely rare occasions has been fatal to humans. Dated 19th century

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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive

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2570 x 5100 px | 37.5 MB

Print size:

21.8 x 43.2 cm | 8.6 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

01/01/1890 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ACHE • ATLANTIC OCEAN • ATLANTIC PORTUGUESE MAN O' WAR • ATLANTIC • DOLOR • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FATAL • FLEET • GRIEF • HURT • ILLUSTRATED • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INDIAN OCEAN • INDIAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • MARINE BIOLOGY • MARINE HYDROZOAN • MARINE LIFE • MARINE • MOURNERS • MOURNING • NAVY • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OCEAN • OCEAN, ATLANTIC • OCEAN, PACIFIC • OCEANS • PACIFIC OCEAN • PACIFIC • PAIN • PAINFUL • PHYSALIA PHYSALIS • PHYSALIIDAE • PORTUGUESE MAN O' WAR • PRINT • SADNESS • SEA • SEA. • SEAS • SORENESS • SORROW • STING • TENTACLE • TENTACLES • VENOM • VENOMOUS • XIX CENTURY