Dream Symbol Dictionary Definition for: man-o-war.

• Dangerous beauty, or the dangers of the temptation of beauty
• A nuisance or pest in your life
• Something that you feel is a quiet, lurking threat in your life

• Having too much of one of these qualities, or that you could benefit by being less this way
• Not having enough of one of these qualities, or that you could benefit by being more like this
• Someone or something in your real life with whom you associate one of these qualities (an event, situation, threat, etc.)

For more clues, pay attention to what the animal was doing or any particular characteristic that stood out.