Definition of "felucca" [fe•luc•ca]

• A narrow, swift, lateen-rigged sailing vessel, such as that used on the Nile or in the Mediterranean Sea. (noun)

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• "I called the felucca ze Ving-and-Ving; and I called myself le Capitaine"
• "We boarded what he called his felucca — an outboard-powered scow that bore no resemblance to the slender vessels of the Nile — and pulled out of Essaouira’s small harbor, crossing bands of sea now deep blue, now luminous green."
• "In the Sudan, even traveling up the Nile on a felucca was an adventure."