Associations to the word «Flotilla»

Wiktionary

FLOTILLA, noun. (nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

Dictionary definition

FLOTILLA, noun. A United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships.
FLOTILLA, noun. A fleet of small craft.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope