fluke
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a stroke of luck
Types & categories
- luck hypernym
- serendipity hyponym
Related & opposite
- fluky derivation
Sense 2 noun
a barb on a harpoon or arrow
Types & categories
- barb hypernym
Parts & wholes
- harpoon part holonym
Sense 3 noun
flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
Parts & wholes
- anchor part holonym
Sense 4 noun
either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
Types & categories
- tail hypernym
Parts & wholes
- cetacean part holonym
Sense 5 noun
parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
Types & categories
- flatworm hypernym
- liver fluke hyponym
- Fasciolopsis buski hyponym
- schistosome hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Trematoda member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluky |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | luck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | serendipity |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | harpoon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | barb |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | anchor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | cetacean |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tail |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Trematoda |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | flatworm |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | liver fluke |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Fasciolopsis buski |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | schistosome |