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fleuk


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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]