fluke (n.)

  1. a stroke of luck

    [ Syn: good luck , good fortune ]

  2. a barb on a harpoon or arrow

  3. flat bladelike 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 ]

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