fluke

fluke has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. The European flounder. See Flounder.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
• n.. One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
• n.. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
• n.. 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.
• n.. parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
• n.. either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
• n.. flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
• n.. a barb on a harpoon or arrow
• n.. a stroke of luck