fluke
1 (flōōk)
[Middle English, from Old English flōc.]
noun
- Any of various flatfishes, especially a flounder of the genus Paralichthys.
- See trematode
fluke
2 (flōōk)
[Possibly from fluke1.]
noun
- Nautical The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground.
- A barb or barbed head, as on an arrow or a harpoon.
- Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale.
fluke
3 (flōōk)
[Origin unknown.]
noun
- A stroke of good luck.
- A chance occurrence; an accident.
- Games An accidentally good or successful stroke in billiards or pool.
trem·a·tode
(trĕḿə-tōd́)
[From New Latin Trēmatōda, class name, from Greek trēmatōdēs, having holes, from trēma, trēmat-, perforation.]
noun
- Any of numerous flatworms of the class Trematoda, including both external and internal parasites of animal hosts, that have a thick outer cuticle and one or more suckers or hooks for attaching to host tissue. Also called fluke1
adjective
- Of or belonging to the Trematoda.
