Platoon

Noun

 * 1)  A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.

Verb

 * 1) To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher
 * Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon.

Thesaurus
KP, age group, army, army group, array, band, batch, battalion, battery, battle group, bevy, body, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, cast, clique, clump, cluster, cohort, column, combat command, combat team, company, complement, contingent, corps, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, detachment, detail, division, eight, eleven, faction, field army, field train, file, first string, first team, five, fleet, flying column, formation, gang, garrison, group, grouping, groupment, in-group, junta, kitchen police, legion, lot, maniple, mob, movement, nine, organization, out-group, outfit, pack, parcel, party, patrol, peer group, phalanx, posse, rank, regiment, reserves, rowing crew, salon, second string, second team, section, set, squad, squadron, stable, string, tactical unit, task force, team, third string, train, tribe, troop, troupe, unit, varsity, wing

Etymology
From obsolete plauton:, variant of peloton:, from  pelote: + -on:. Compare pellet:.

Noun

 * Arabic: فصيلة عسكرية, فصيلة
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 排
 * Mandarin:, 分隊,  分队
 * Czech:
 * Danish: deling
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 小隊
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Portuguese: pelotão
 * Russian: