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mother ship

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mother ship
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a ship providing facilities and supplies for a number of small vessels


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It must have been carried far below, held to its mother ship by a single rope which finally parted to the enormous strain put upon it.
In another instant she must strike, and then I saw the familiar signal flown that sends the lesser boats in a great flock from the deck of the mother ship.
 
 
 
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