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fluke

1  [flook]
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1. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm.
2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like.
3. either half of the triangular tail of a whale.
Origin:
1555–65; perh. special use of fluke 3
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fluke

2  [flook]
–noun
1. an accidental advantage; stroke of good luck: He got the job by a fluke.
2. an accident or chance happening.
3. an accidentally successful stroke, as in billiards.
Origin:
1855–60; of obscure orig.; cf. dial. fluke a guess

fluke

3  [flook]
–noun
1. any of several American flounders of the genus Paralichthys, esp. P. dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean.
2. any of various other flatfishes.
3. a trematode.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME flok(e), fluke, OE flōc; c. ON flōki; cf. OHG flah flat (G flach)

Related forms:
flukeless, adjective
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fluke 1   (flōōk)   
n.  
  1. Any of various flatfishes, especially a flounder of the genus Paralichthys.
  2. See trematode.

[Middle English, from Old English flōc; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots.]
fluke 2   (flōōk)   
n.  
  1. Nautical The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground.
  2. A barb or barbed head, as on an arrow or a harpoon.
  3. Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale.

[Possibly from fluke1.]
fluke 3   (flōōk)   
n.  
  1. A stroke of good luck.
  2. A chance occurrence; an accident.
  3. Games An accidentally good or successful stroke in billiards or pool.

[Origin unknown.]
trem·a·tode   (trěm'ə-tōd')   
n.  Any of numerous flatworms of the class Trematoda, including both external and internal parasites of animal hosts, that have a thick outer cuticle and one or more suckers or hooks for attaching to host tissue. Also called fluke1.
adj.  Of or belonging to the Trematoda.

[From New Latin Trēmatōda, class name, from Greek trēmatōdēs, having holes, from trēma, trēmat-, perforation; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Fluke

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]. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Fluke

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

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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Language Translation for : fluke
Spanish: chiripa, racha de suerte,
German: der Dusel,
Japanese: まぐれ当たり
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fluke  (1)
"flat end of an arm of an anchor," 1561, perhaps from fluke (3) on resemblance of shape, or from L.Ger. flügel "wing." Meaning "whale's tail" (in plural) is 1725.

fluke  (2)
"lucky chance," 1857, originally a lucky shot at billiards, of uncertain origin.

fluke  (3)
"flatfish," O.E. floc "flatfish," related to O.N. floke "flatfish," flak "disk, floe" (see flake). The parasite worm (1668) so called from resemblance of shape.
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Main Entry: fluke
Pronunciation: 'flük
Function: noun
: a flattened digenetic trematode worm; broadly : TREMATODE —see LIVER FLUKE
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fluke 1 (fl&oomacr;k)
n.
See trematode.

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fluke   (flk)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Either of the two flattened fins of a whale's tail.
  2. See trematode.

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