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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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] 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] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fluke n 1: a stroke of luck [syn: {good luck}, {good fortune}] 2: a barb on a harpoon or arrow 3: flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor [syn: {flue}] 4: either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean 5: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host [syn: {trematode}]
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