Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 8 compound words that contain fluke. The most common are listed below. Open fluke in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- liver flukeAny of several parasitic trematode worms that infect the livers of various mammals, including humans.
- sheep liver flukeA parasitic flatworm, of species Fasciola hepatica, of the class Trematoda, that infects the livers of various mammals, including humans.
- blood flukeschistosome (parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma)
- cat liver flukeA trematode parasite of species Opisthorchis felineus, that infects the liver in mammals
- craig-flukeAlternative form of craigfluke: witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), found in the North Atlantic.
- fluke outTo lose or fail due to a fluke; to deserve to win or succeed but instead lose due to a fluke, especially a last-minute or unpredictable fluke.
- fluke upTo mess up; to blunder; to fail.
- sail-flukeSynonym of megrim (“Cornish sole or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis)”)
Compound words 8
- flukewormAny usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
- flukicideAny substance that kills fluke worms.
- flukelessWithout a fluke.
- flukelikeResembling or characteristic of a fluke (worm).
- flukishLike a fluke; remarkably fortunate or improbable.
- bloodflukeAlternative form of blood fluke: schistosome (parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma)
- craigflukewitch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), found in the North Atlantic.
- flukewormsplural of flukeworm: Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.