Lexicographical Neighbors of Physalias
Literary usage of Physalias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"1914) under the title "Observations on the flora of Japan" includes descriptions
of the following new genera: physalias- Irum of the Solanaceae. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"... the chance shark which dogs the vessel; the splendid physalias, or Portuguese
men-of-war. How eagerly the sailor scans the horizon to catch a glimpse of ..."
3. My Reminiscences by Raphael Pumpelly (1918)
"... and physalias lived for several hours in a bowl of sea water, and both of
them, when stirred in the dark, emitted a phosphorescent light. ..."
4. My Reminiscences by Raphael Pumpelly (1918)
"... and physalias lived for several hours in a bowl of sea water, and both of
them, when stirred in the dark, emitted a phosphorescent light. ..."
5. Animal Parasites and Messmates by Beneden (Pierre Joseph) (1876)
"The physalias, those charming living nosegays of the tropical regions, also give
lodging in their cavities, and in the midst of their long ..."
6. The Story of Life in the Seas by Sydney John Hickson (1898)
"... and I have seen in Celebes four or five rows of bright blue physalias stretching
for miles along the shore. In the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic ..."
7. The Wit of the Wild by Ernest Ingersoll (1906)
"Big things like whales and turtles gulp down the physalias, but even the green
turtle, which is fond of them, is often rendered almost blind by the stings ..."
8. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"... physalias are able to capture any small fishes tlmt may come in their reach ;
and which, by the wonderful retractile power of these appendages, ..."
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