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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.
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2. fluke
   lucky stroke 
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3. 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 nearly colorless. Description (in market): In general, flatfish have lean white or off-white flesh that's fine-textured and mild in flavor. The skin is edible, and usually quite tasty.
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4. 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 nearly colorless. Description (in market): In general, flounder have lean white or off-white flesh that's fine-textured and mild in flavor. The skin is edible, and usually quite tasty.
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5. 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 colorless. Description (in market): In general, sole have lean white or off-white flesh that's fine-textured and mild in flavor. The skin is edible, and usually quite tasty.
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6. 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
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7. Fluke
   A (Liver fluke) parasitic flatworm with a complex lifecycle involving snails and sheep/cattle.
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8. Fluke
   the protruding arm of an anchor which digs into the sea bed
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9. Fluke
   a parasitic flatworm that can infest humans
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10. 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 ,...
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11. 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)
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12. 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]
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13. 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...
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14. fluke
    trematode noun parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
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15. fluke
    noun flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
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16. 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 ...
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17. 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....
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18. 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 ...
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19. 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 ...
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20. 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]
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21. FLUKE
    The palm of an anchor
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22. fluke
    
    • a stroke of luck
    • a barb on a harpoon or arrow
    • flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
    • either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
    • parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
    
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23. Fluke
    The palm of an anchor.
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24. fluke
    fluke, parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm. Instead of the cilia, external sense organs, and epidermis of the free-living flatworms, adult flukes have sucking disks with which they cling to their hosts and an external cuticle that resists digestion by the host. In most...
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25. Fluke
    Fluke is slang for a lucky success.
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