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FLUKE (probably connected with the Ger. flack, flat)

FLUKE (probably connected with the Ger. flack, See also:
FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)
flat) , a name given to several kinds of See also:

fish, flat in shape, especially to the See also:

COMMON

common See also:

FLOUNDER

flounder; also the name of a trematoid See also:

WORM

worm, resembling a flounder in shape, which as a See also:

PARASITE (From Gr. irapa, beside, Tiros food)

parasite infects the See also:

LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver and neighbouring See also:

ORGANS

organs of certain animals, especially See also:

sheep, and causes liver-rot. The most common is the Fasciola hepatica (see See also:

TREMATODES

TREMATODES). It is also the name of a See also:

SPECIES

species of See also:

KIDNEY

kidney See also:

potato. Probably from a resemblance to the shape of the fish, " fluke " is the name given to the holding-plates, triangular in shape, at the end of the arms of an See also:

ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor, and to the triangular extremities of the tail of a See also:

WHALE

whale. The use of the word as a See also:

SLANG

slang expression for a lucky See also:

accident appears to have been first applied in See also:

BILLIARDS

billiards to an unintentional scoring shot.

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