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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 574 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FLUKE (probably connected with the Ger. flack, See also:flat)  , a name given to several kinds of See also:fish, See also:flat in shape, especially to the See also:common See also:flounder; also the name of a trematoid See also:worm, resembling a flounder in shape, which as a See also:parasite infects the See also:liver and neighbouring See also:organs of certain animals, especially See also:sheep, and causes liver-rot . The most common is the Fasciola hepatica (see See also:TREMATODES) . It is also the name of a See also:species of See also:kidney See also:potato . Probably from a resemblance to the shape of the fish, " See also:fluke " is the name given to the holding-plates, triangular in shape, at the end of the arms of an See also:anchor, and to the triangular extremities of the tail of a See also:whale . The use of the word as a See also:slang expression for a lucky See also:accident appears to have been first applied in See also:billiards to an unintentional scoring shot .

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