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fluke

1
1. a flat bladelike projection at the end of the arm of an anchor
2. either of the two lobes of the tail of a whale or related animal
3. the barb or barbed head of a harpoon, arrow, etc.

fluke

2
1. any parasitic flatworm, such as the blood fluke and liver fluke, of the classes Monogenea and Digenea (formerly united in a single class Trematoda)
2. another name for flounder (sense 1)
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fluke

[flük]
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for more than 40,000 species of parasitic flatworms that form the class Trematoda.
(naval architecture)
The broad end of each arm of an anchor.
(vertebrate zoology)
A flatfish, especially summer flounder.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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