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   Fluke (flūk or flo͞ok), n. [Cf. AS. flōc a kind of flatfish, Icel. flōki a kind of halibut.]
   1. (Zool.) The European flounder.  See Flounder. [Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk.]
   
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   2. (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. RHUD
   
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   3. (Zool.) 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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   Fluke (flūk), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.]
   1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
   
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   2. (Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
   
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   3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
   
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   4. 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”. [Cant, Eng.]  A. Trollope.
   
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   Fluke (?), v. t. & i.  [imp. & p. p. Fluked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking (?).] To get or score by a fluke; as, “to fluke a play in billiards”. [Slang]
   
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