Definition of "flotilla" in English

noun

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

   • Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.

2. (by extension) A small group of things or people

3. (cellular automata) 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.