mosquito boat.
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mosquito boat — noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat • Syn: ↑PT boat, ↑mosquito craft, ↑motor torpedo boat • Hypernyms: ↑torpedo boat * * * noun : motor torp … Useful english dictionary
mosquito boat. — See PT boat. [1910 15] … Useful english dictionary
mosquito craft — noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat • Syn: ↑PT boat, ↑mosquito boat, ↑motor torpedo boat • Hypernyms: ↑torpedo boat … Useful english dictionary
mosquito — n. (pl. oes) any of various slender biting insects, esp. of the genus Culex, Anopheles, or Aedes, the female of which punctures the skin of humans and other animals with a long proboscis to suck their blood and transmits diseases such as… … Useful english dictionary
Mosquito (disambiguation) — Mosquito commonly refers to flying insects of the family Culicidae. Mosquito may also refer to: Contents 1 Places 2 Individuals 3 T … Wikipedia
boat — n. 1) to row; sail; steer a boat 2) to launch, lower a boat 3) to overturn, swamp, upset a boat 4) an assault; fishing; flying boat; gunboat; lifeboat; mosquito, PT (AE; BE has MTB); patrol boat; rowboat (AE), rowing (BE) boat; sailboat (AE),… … Combinatory dictionary
Mosquito Fleet — Virginia V, last of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet The term Mosquito Fleet has had nine main meanings in U.S. naval and maritime history: It is the term used to describe the United States Navy s fleet of small gunboats, leading up to and during… … Wikipedia
mosquito craft — n. PT boat, small fast patrol boat equipped with machine guns and torpedoes (Military) … English contemporary dictionary
PT boat — n. US a motor torpedo boat. Etymology: Patrol Torpedo * * * noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat • Syn: ↑mosquito boat, ↑mosquito craft, ↑motor torpedo boat • Hypernyms: ↑torpedo boat … Useful english dictionary
motor torpedo boat — noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat • Syn: ↑PT boat, ↑mosquito boat, ↑mosquito craft • Hypernyms: ↑torpedo boat * * * noun : a high speed 60 to 100 ft. motorboat mounting two or four torpedo tubes… … Useful english dictionary
