AYEAYE

• 'Affirmative, Cap'n'

• 'Will do, cap'n!'

• A couple words from Popeye

• Absolutely, to Ahab

• Affirmative asea

• Affirmative, captain!

• Agreement from one on deck

• Answer to an admiral

• Assent asea

• Assent on a ship

• Assent on the deck

• Bushy-tailed lemur

• Consent, at sea

• Crewman's affirmative

• Deck acknowledgement

• Deck assent

• Deck hand's response

• Deck reply

• Endangered lemur

• Got it, captain

• I understand, sir!

• Lemur

• Lemur of Madagascar

• Mate's reply

• Military agreement

• Nautical assent^AYEAY

• Nautical response

• Naval affirmative

• Nocturnal lemur

• Positively a nocturnal lemur

• Reply to the captain

• Rigger's reply

• Roger on a ship

• Roger, at sea

• Sailor's obedient words

• Sailor's OK, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme

• Sailor's positive response

• Sailor's response

• Sailor's yes

• Salt response

• Salt's agreement

• Salt's assent

• Shipboard affirmative

• Shipboard Understood

• Shipping agreement?

• Si, si at sea

• Swabby's yes

• Tar's response

• Will do, sir!

• Words to a captain

• Yeoman's yes

• Yes, captain!

Aye-Aye 〈[ ajaı] n.; - od. -s, - od. -s; Zool.〉 = Fingertier [<frz. <madagass. ajai]

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