Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fluke. See
fluke , 2. - noun One of the segments of a tapeworm: in allusion to its resemblance to the seed of a gourd; a cucurbitinus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The fluke of sheep. See
fluke .
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- noun obsolete The
fluke that infestssheep .
Etymologies
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gourd + worm
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