Definition of "motherships" [motherships]

• Plural form of mothership. (noun)

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• "Thirdly, the taskforce has also been targeting the so-called motherships – the bigger vessels the pirates use to launch smaller skiffs for the attacks."
• "It fires warning shots and sometimes intercepts so-called motherships — larger vessels that can provide food, water and fuel to smaller attack skiffs."
• "Then, so-called motherships carry pirates on speedboats out into the water."