Caudal vs. Fluke
Caudal and Fluke Definitions
Caudal
Of, at, or near the tail or hind parts; posterior
The caudal fin of a fish.
Fluke
Any of numerous parasitic flatworms, including the trematodes, some of which infect humans, and the monogeneans, which are chiefly ectoparasites of fish.
Caudal
Situated beneath or on the underside; inferior.
Fluke
Any of various flatfishes chiefly of the genus Paralichthys, especially the summer flounder.
Caudal
Similar to a tail in form or function.
Fluke
(Nautical) The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground.
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Caudal
(zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
Fluke
A barb or barbed head, as on an arrow or a harpoon.
Caudal
Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
Fluke
Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale.
Caudal
A caudal vertebra.
Fluke
A chance occurrence
That spring snowstorm was a total fluke.
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Caudal
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.
Fluke
(Games) An accidentally good or successful stroke in billiards or pool.
Caudal
Constituting or relating to a tail;
Caudal appendage
Fluke
A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
The first goal was just a fluke.
Caudal
Resembling a tail
Fluke
A flounder.
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Caudal
(of quadrupeds) situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises;
Caudal fins
The caudal end of the body
Fluke
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.
Caudal
Toward the posterior end of the body
Fluke
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.
Fluke
(nautical) 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.
Fluke
A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
The polearm had a wide, sharpened fluke attached to the central point.
Fluke
In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
Fluke
Waste cotton.
Fluke
To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.
Fluke
(snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.
Fluke
The European flounder. See Flounder.
Fluke
Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays.
Fluke
A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.
Fluke
The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
Fluke
One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
Fluke
An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
Fluke
An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke.
Fluke
To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.
Fluke
A stroke of luck
Fluke
A barb on a harpoon or arrow
Fluke
Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
Fluke
Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
Fluke
Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
