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Definition of Flukes

Fluke
Fluke 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]
Fluke
Fluke Fluke (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Meaning of Flukes from wikipedia

- vertebrates. Flukes that cause disease in humans are often classified based on the organ system they infect. For example: Blood flukes inhabit the blood...
- Look up fluke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fluke may refer to: Fluke (fish), a species of marine flatfish Fluke (tail), the lobes of the tail of...
- different hosts, with free-living larval stages in water. The body of liver flukes is leaf-like and flattened. The body is covered with a tegument. They are...
- Fluke is a 1995 American fantasy drama film directed by Carlo Carlei from a screenplay by Carlei and James Carrington, based on the 1977 novel of the...
- Fluke is a novel by British novelist James Herbert. First published in 1977, it concerns a dog named Fluke. The novel starts with the birth of Fluke, a...
- fluke. In humans, the time taken for F. hepatica to mature from metacercariae into an adult fluke is roughly three to four months. The adult flukes can...
- used a fluked anchor of this type, made of iron, which would have had a wooden stock mounted perpendicular to the shank and flukes to make the flukes contact...
- in 1948 by John Fluke while he was emplo**** at General Electric. John Fluke founded Fluke Corporation in October 1953 as the John Fluke Manufacturing Company...
- Look up Fluker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fluker may refer to: Fluker, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana...
- Schistosoma is a genus of trematodes, commonly known as blood flukes. They are parasitic flatworms responsible for a highly significant group of infections...