"mother ship" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈməðər ʃɪp/ Forms: mother ships [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mother ship (plural mother ships)
  1. A vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it. Wikipedia link: mother ship Translations (vessel that serves a smaller vessel): 母艦 (Chinese Mandarin), 母舰 (mǔjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 母船 (mǔchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), moederschip [neuter] (Dutch), emälaiva (Finnish), emoalus (Finnish), vaisseau mère [masculine] (French), navire amiral [masculine] (French), Mutterschiff [neuter] (German), anyahajó (Hungarian), kapal induk (Indonesian), nave madre [feminine] (Italian), 母艦 (bokan) (alt: ぼかん) (Japanese), 母船 (bosen) (alt: ぼせん) (Japanese), 모함 (moham) (Korean), moderskip [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), moderskip [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), moderskepp [neuter] (Swedish), moderfartyg (english: boat) [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mother_ship-en-noun-zcJBFRp8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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