mother ship

English

Wikipedia

Noun

mother ship (plural mother ships)

1. A vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.

Translations

vessel that serves a smaller vessel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 母艦 (cmn), 母舰 (cmn) (mǔjiàn), 母船 (cmn) (mǔchuán)

• Finnish: emälaiva (fi), emoalus (fi)
• Japanese: 母艦 (ja) (ぼかん, bokan)