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Arm :: Arm (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke..

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The European flounder. See Flounder.

Distoma :: Distoma (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2..

Gourdworm :: Gourdworm (n.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

Cetacea :: Cetacea (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:.

Entozoa :: Entozoa (n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes..

Whiff :: Whiff (n.) The marysole, or sail fluke..

Palm :: Palm (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Trematodea :: Trematodea (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodi

Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..

Flook :: Flook (n.) A fluke of an anchor.

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor..

Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..

Smear Dab :: Smear dab () The sand fluke (b).

Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

Mutilate :: Mutilate (a.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean..

Fish-tackle :: Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Peak :: Peak (n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

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