What Does Fluke Mean?

Trematoda is a class within the phylum Platyhelminthes. It includes two groups of parasitic flatworms, known as flukes. They are internal parasites of molluscs and vertebrates. Most trematodes have a complex life cycle with at least two hosts. The primary host, where the flukes sexually reproduce, is a vertebrate.

What does fluke mean slang?

A fluke is an unexpected stroke of good luck. It was a fluke to find that fifty dollar bill on the ground, and it made you smile for the rest of the day. ... If something good happens to you by chance when you're not expecting it, that's a fluke. The word fluke can also be used in a negative or insulting way.

Do Americans use the word fluke?

fluke in American English

an accidentally good or lucky stroke in billiards, pool, etc.