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Look up: fluke


  1. Fluke
    Half of a whale's tail. Two flukes together form the whale's flat, rigid tail. The tail moves up and down to propel the whale through water.
    Found op http://www.blue-whale.info/Whale_Glossary.html

  2. Fluke
    [band] Fluke are an English electronic music group formed in the late 1980s by Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier with Julian Nugent as the band`s manager. The band`s conception was influenced by the members interest in the burgeoning acid house music scene and particularly the work o...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluke_(band)

  3. Fluke
    [film] Fluke is a 1995 film directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Nancy Travis, Max Pomeranc and the voice of Samuel L. Jackson. Bill Cobbs, Ron Perlman, and Jon Polito co-star. It was based on the novel of the same name by James Herbert. ==Synopsis== The story i...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluke_(film)

  4. fluke
    lucky stroke 
    Found op http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.html

  5. fluke
    Waters:Atlantic and Pacific coasts Description (in water): 'Flatfish' can refer to any member of a species of thin, flat fish that swim on one side; both eyes are located on the side that faces up. Size and color vary depending on the species; the downward-facing side of the fish is always pale and ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  6. fluke
    Waters:Atlantic and Pacific coasts Description (in water): Flounder can refer to any member of a species of thin, flat fish that swim on one side; both eyes are located on the side that faces up. Size and color vary depending on the species; the downward-facing side of the fish is always pale and ne...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  7. fluke
    Waters:Atlantic and Pacific coasts Description (in water): Sole can refer to any member of a species of thin, flat fish that swim on one side; both eyes are located on the side that faces up. Size and color vary depending on the species; the downward-facing side of the fish is always pale and nearly...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  8. fluke
    [n] - a barb on a harpoon or arrow 2. [n] - flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor 3. [n] - either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean 4. [n] - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=fluke

  9. Fluke
    A (Liver fluke) parasitic flatworm with a complex lifecycle involving snails and sheep/cattle.
    Found op http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/glossary/glossary.php?letter=F

  10. Fluke
    the protruding arm of an anchor which digs into the sea bed
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  11. Fluke
    a parasitic flatworm that can infest humans
    Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=F

  12. Fluke
    Fluke (flūk) noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon flōc a kind of flatfish, Icelandic flōki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zoology) The European flounder. See Flounder . [ Written also fleuk , flook ,...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/49



  1. Fluke
    Fluke (flūk) noun [ Confer LG. flunk , flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perhaps akin to English fly .] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor . 2. (Zoology)
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/49

  2. Fluke
    Fluke transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Fluked ; present participle & verbal noun Fluking .] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [ Slang]
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/49

  3. fluke
    1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor. ... 2. <zoology> 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 favorab...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?fluke

  4. fluke
    trematode noun parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fluke

  5. fluke
    noun flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fluke

  6. fluke
    (flldbomack) an organism of the class Trematoda, characterized by a body that is usually flat and often leaflike; flukes can infect the blood, liver, intestines, and lungs. Called also trematode. blood fluke a member of genus Schistosoma. intestinal fluke ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Fluke
    • (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The European flounder. See Flounder....
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/fluke/

  8. fluke
    (from the article `cetacean`) ...in all cetacea but the dwarf and pygmy sperm whales. Flippers help to steer, while the back muscles, which are very large, drive the tail to ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/40

  9. fluke
    (from the article `anchor`) device, usually of metal, attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold the vessel in a particular place by means ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/40

  10. fluke
    any member of the invertebrate class Trematoda (phylum Platyhelminthes), a group of parasitic flatworms including nearly 6,000 species. Flukes occur ... [12 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/40

  11. FLUKE
    The palm of an anchor
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  12. fluke
    1. a stroke of luck
    2. a barb on a harpoon or arrow
    3. flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
    4. either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
    5. parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

    Found op

  13. Fluke
    The palm of an anchor.
    Found op http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

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