Definition of "mothership" []

• Alternative spelling of mother ship. (noun)

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• "The term mothership dates back to the 19th century when small ships were used to chase whales."
• "Our definition of a mothership is a logistical supply and repair, command and control, and reconnaissance enabler for naval forces to forward deploy smaller platforms in forward theaters to address irregular warfare environments."
• "How they got these items off of the mothership is unclear since all of the prawns were ferried 20 years ago by humans and they have no transport of their own to the ship."