fluke

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  1. noun Any of various flatfishes, especially a flounder of the genus Paralichthys.
  2. noun See trematode.
  3. noun Nautical The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground.
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  1. Middle English, from Old English flōc; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Possibly from fluke1.
  3. Origin unknown.

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  1. Formerly also written flook; origin obscure; perhaps a denasalized form of G. (Low German) flunk, flunke, the fluke of an anchor, and literally a wing (Low German flunk, a wing), this being prob. a nasalized derivative of Low German flegen, German fliegen = English fly; cf. Low German and G. flug, flight: see fly and flight.
  2. from fluke, n.
  3. English dial., apparently an irreg. form of flock, influenced by flue, waste downy matter: see flock and flue.
 

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