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Fluke

Fluke Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fluke? [n] parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host [n] either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean [n] flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor [n] a barb on a harpoon or arrow [n] a stroke of luck Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fluke: flue \| good fortune \| good luck \| trematode \| trematode worm Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fluke: accident \| adventure \| blessing \| break \| casualty \| chance hit \| Chilopoda \| Chordata \| contingency \| contingent \| Echiuroidea \| Ectoprocta \| Entoprocta \| fortuity \| freak accident \| hap \| happening \| happenstance \| hazard \| long odds \| long shot \| lucky break \| lucky shot \| lucky strike \| Monoplacophora \| Nemertinea \| Phoronidea \| run of luck \| serendipity \| streak of luck \| stroke of luck \| windfall See Also \| anchor \| barb \| blood fluke \| blower \| cetacean \| cetacean mammal \| class Trematoda \| Fasciola hepatica \| Fasciolopsis buski \| flatworm \| fortune \| ground tackle \| harpoon \| liver fluke \| luck \| platyhelminth \| projection \| schistosome \| tail \| Trematoda Fluke In Webster's Dictionary \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum}) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See {Anchor}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. 3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. 4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.] --A. Trollope. \Fluke\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluking}.] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [Slang]

Fluke Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fluke?

[n] parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
[n] either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
[n] flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
[n] a barb on a harpoon or arrow
[n] a stroke of luck

Fluke In Webster's Dictionary

\Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish,
Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written
   also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}].

2. (Zo["o]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species,
   having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two
   species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum})
   are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease
   called rot.


\Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the
palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.]
1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a
   flook. See {Anchor}.

2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called
   from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.

3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for
   blasting.

4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a
   scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or
   unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.]
   --A. Trollope.


\Fluke\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fluking}.]
To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.
[Slang]

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