"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
-What does Santiago refer to as aqua mala, the whore?

Name: "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway -What does Santiago refer to as aqua mala, the whore?
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Santiago refers to the Portuguese man-of-war, a type of jellyfish, as "agua mala, the whore" because of its stinging tentacles and the pain it can cause to fishermen like him.