fluke
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Nom commun [modifier le wikicode]
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| fluke \fluːk\ |
flukes \fluːks\ |
fluke \fluːk\
- Coup de chance.
- A fluke is a lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
- Un coup de chance est une occurrence chanceuse ou improbable, avec le sous-entendu que ladite occurrence ne pourrait pas se répéter.
- The first goal was just a fluke.
- Le premier but était juste un coup de chance.
- A fluke is a lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
- Chacune des deux moitiés de la nageoire caudale d’un cétacé (baleine, dauphin).
- A fluke is either of the two lobes of a whale’s or similar creature’s tail.
- The dolphin had an open wound on the left fluke of its tail where the propeller had injured it.
- (Marine) Crochet (d’une ancre).
- A fluke is any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
- The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.
- Douve.
- A fluke is a trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.
- The man had become infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.
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