Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fluke
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a lucky accident (won by a fluke). 2 a chance breeze. --v.tr. achieve by a fluke (fluked that shot). Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. dial. fluke guess 2. n. 1 any parasitic flatworm of the class Digenea or Monogenea, including liver flukes and blood flukes. 2 a flat-fish, esp. a flounder. Etymology: OE floc 3. n. 1 Naut. a broad triangular plate on the arm of an anchor. 2 the barbed head of a lance, harpoon, etc. 3 Zool. either of the lobes of a whale's tail. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. f. FLUKE(2)
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I. noun see: floor Date: before 12th century flatfish, a flattened digenetic trematode worm, II. noun Etymology: perhaps from 1~ Date: 1561 the part of an anchor that fastens in the ground, one of the lobes of a whale's tail, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1857 an accidentally successful stroke at billiards or pool, a stroke of luck ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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