FLUKE
\flˈuːk], \flˈuːk], \f_l_ˈuː_k]\
Definitions of FLUKE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
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a barb on a harpoon or arrow
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parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
By Princeton University
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either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
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a barb on a harpoon or arrow
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parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The European flounder. See Flounder.
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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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The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
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One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
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An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
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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.
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To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.
By Oddity Software
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The European flounder. See Flounder.
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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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The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
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One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
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An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
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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.
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To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.
By Noah Webster.
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The broad part of an anchor which is fixed into the ground; one of the two lobes or ends of a whale's tail; a lucky chance stroke in billiards.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Distoma hepaticum-f. Liver, Distoma hepaticum.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A flat-fish bearing a resemblance to the flounder.
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n. [German] The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; also, one of the points of a whale’s tail;—in mining operations, an instrument for cleansing the hole before blasting.
