Flotilla

//floʊˈtɪlə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

    "Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun."

  2. 2
    a fleet of small craft wordnet
  3. 3
    A small group of things or people broadly

    "After a few moments Chloe saw Rosamund walking towards them with a small flotilla of shopping bags."

  4. 4
    a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships wordnet
  5. 5
    A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.

    "For rule R(2222) a flotilla of six gliders traveling eastwards is generated."

Etymology

From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.

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