Usually means: Parasitic flatworms; whales' tail ends.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. flukes: Merriam-Webster
  2. flukes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flukes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Fluke's, Flukes, flukes: Wordnik
  5. flukes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. flukes: Wiktionary
  7. flukes: Dictionary.com
  8. flukes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Flukes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. flukes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. flukes: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flukes: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. flukes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Flukes: Merck Manuals
  3. Flukes: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Flukes: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Fluke)

noun:  A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
verb:  To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
verb:  (snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
noun:  A summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
noun:  A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, related to tapeworms (class Cestoda).
noun:  (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
noun:  Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
noun:  A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
noun:  In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
noun:  Waste cotton.
noun:  A surname.
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