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noun
A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A small group of things or people
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a fleet of small craft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fleet
noun
a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fleet
History
From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.
Across languages
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