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flo·til·la  (fl-tl)
n.
1.
a. A small fleet.
b. A fleet of small craft.
2.
a. A U.S. Navy organizational unit of two or more squadrons of small warships.
b. A similar unit in the navy of another country.
3. Informal A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit: "Now [the limousine service] has a flotilla of about 150 cars, more than 200 uniformed chauffeurs" People.
[Spanish, diminutive of flota, fleet, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
flotilla
Noun
a small fleet or a fleet of small ships [Spanish flota fleet]
Flotilla a small fleet, 1711; a fleet of small vessels. See also armada, flote.
Examples: flotilla of boats; of fishing boats, 1826; of destroyers; of proverbs.
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Noun1.flotillaflotilla - a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
2.flotilla - a fleet of small craft
fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
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