flukes

تعريف flukes في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: plural of fluke
fluke: To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way
He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.
fluke: A flounder
The fluke or flounder is a flat fish and the parasitic worm was so-named from a fancied resemblance to the fish.
fluke: A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated
The first goal was just a fluke.
fluke: To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance
I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.
fluke: Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail
The dolphin had an open wound on the left fluke of its tail where the propeller had injured it.
turn flukes: Of a whale: to go under, dive
turn flukes: To turn in, go to bed
But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced.
fluke: {n} the broad part of an anchor, a flounder
fluke: {i} triangular tip on the arm of an anchor; barbed end of a harpoon; flatfish; parasitic flatworm; lucky occurrence; either half of a whale's tail
fluke: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
fluke: An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting
fluke: Flattened end of an anchor arm that bites into the ocean floor
fluke: Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground
fluke: To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards
fluke: Either of the two lobes of a whales or similar creatures tail
fluke: A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent
fluke: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor a barb on a harpoon or arrow
fluke: In general, an offshoot from a central piece
fluke: (Douve)
fluke: 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
fluke: a type of flat, parasitic worm that infects fish
fluke: If you say that something good is a fluke, you mean that it happened accidentally rather than by being planned or arranged. The discovery was something of a fluke By sheer fluke, one of the shipowner's employees was in the city. something good that happens because of luck (Origin unknown.). or trematode Any member of almost 6,000 species of parasitic flatworms. Flukes are found worldwide and range in size from about 0.2 to 4 in. (5-100 mm) long. They most commonly parasitize fish, frogs, and turtles, but also humans, domestic animals, and invertebrates such as mollusks and crustaceans. They include external parasites (ectoparasites), internal parasites (endoparasites), and semi-external parasites (those that attach to the lining of the mouth, to gills, or to the cloaca). Most flukes are flattened and leaflike or ribbonlike and have muscular suckers on the bottom surface, as well as hooks and spines, for attachment to the host. Fluke infestations may cause illness (e.g., schistosomiasis) or death in humans
fluke: a barb on a harpoon or arrow
fluke: Horizontal tail fin of cetaceans It has no skeletal support
fluke: Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot
fluke: A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm
fluke: flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
fluke: either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
fluke: One of the lobes of a whale's tail
fluke: The European flounder
fluke: a stroke of luck
fluke: Trematode (Clonorchis, Paragonimus, Fasciola, and Schistosoma spp )
fluke: One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor
fluke: A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers
fluke: The entire point of an anchor, composed of the bill and palm at the end of an arm
fluke: The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook
fluke: To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance from a bad shot

flukes

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fluks

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/ˈflo͞oks/ /ˈfluːks/

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[ 'flük ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English flOc; akin to Old English flOh chip, Old High German flah smooth, Greek plax flat surface, and probably to Old English flOr floor; more at FLOOR.