[flook] 
| 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. |
[flook] | 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. |
[flook] | 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. |
| fluke 1 (flōōk) n.
[Middle English, from Old English flōc; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| fluke 2 (flōōk) n.
[Possibly from fluke1.] |
| fluke 3 (flōōk) n.
[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.] |
fluke 1 (fl&oomacr;k)
n.
See trematode.
fluke (fl k) Pronunciation Key
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