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English noun: fluke | |||
| 1. | fluke (phenomenon) a stroke of luck | ||
| Synonyms | good fortune, good luck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fortune, luck | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | serendipity | ||
| 2. | fluke (artifact) a barb on a harpoon or arrow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | barb | ||
| Part meronym | harpoon | ||
| 3. | fluke (artifact) flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor | ||
| Synonyms | flue | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | projection | ||
| Part meronym | anchor, ground tackle | ||
| 4. | fluke (animal) either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tail | ||
| Part meronym | blower, cetacean, cetacean mammal | ||
| 5. | fluke (animal) parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host | ||
| Synonyms | trematode, trematode worm | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flatworm, platyhelminth | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blood fluke, Fasciola hepatica, Fasciolopsis buski, liver fluke, schistosome | ||
| Member meronym | class Trematoda, Trematoda | ||
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