FLUKE


Meaning of FLUKE in English

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.

[ 16th c.: perh. f. FLUKE(2) ]

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