Word
fluke, n.
(flukes)
parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
<noun.animal>
fluke
trematode
trematode worm
semantic pointers
hypernym
flatworm, platyhelminth
member holonym
Trematoda, class Trematoda
hyponym
liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica
Fasciolopsis buski
schistosome, blood fluke
either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
<noun.animal>
fluke
semantic pointers
part holonym
cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower
hypernym
tail
flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
<noun.artifact>
flue
fluke
semantic pointers
part holonym
anchor, ground tackle
hypernym
projection
a barb on a harpoon or arrow
<noun.artifact>
fluke
semantic pointers
hypernym
barb
part holonym
harpoon
a stroke of luck
<noun.phenomenon>
fluke
good fortune
good luck
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
flukey
fluky
semantic pointers
hypernym
luck, fortune
hyponym
serendipity