Fluke Meaning In Biology. Transferred meaning whales tail. A walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan which produces one or more sporozoites.
Phylum Platyhelminthes A class of flatworms most of which are a few centimetres long but including others whose length ranges from less than 1 mm to 7 m. Flukes are not common in the United States but are a serious problem in many Asian tropical and subtropical countries. Any of numerous parasitic flatworms including the trematodes some of which infect humans and the monogeneans which are chiefly ectoparasites of fish.
1560s perhaps from fluke n3 flatfish.
A fluke is an unexpected stroke of good luck. Flukes are not common in the United States but are a serious problem in many Asian tropical and subtropical countries. Something good that has happened that is the result of chance instead of skill or planning. Definition of fluke Entry 2 of 3 1.
