Found 3 items, similar to Fluke.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: fluke
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fluke
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,
trematode worm]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fluke
Fluke
\Fluke\ (fl[=u]k or fl[=oo]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.]
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any American flounder of the genus
Paralichthys, especially
Paralicthys dentatus, found
in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. --RHUD
[PJC]
3. (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.
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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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called
from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
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3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for
blasting.
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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.
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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]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]