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flotilla (noun) –
1 : a fleet of ships or boats; especially a navy organizational unit consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
2 : an indefinite large number e.g. a flotilla of changes
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Flotilla comes from the diminutive form of the Spanish noun flota, meaning “fleet.” Flota derives via Old French from Old Norse “floti” and is related to Old English “flota” (“ship”), an ancestor to our word float. Much like other words referring to groups of particular things (such as “swarm”), “flotilla” has taken on expanded usage to refer simply to a large number of something not necessarily having to do with nautical matters.
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