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Long-beaked common dolphin — Long beaked Common Dolphin[1] Conservation status … Wikipedia
long shot — [n] outside chance fluke, hundredto one shot, little chance, lucky shot, no chance, off chance, one in a million*, slim chance, small chance; concept 679 … New thesaurus
Fluke (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Fluke Img size = 250 Img capt = In 1997 (l r): Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler, Mike Tournier, Rachel Stewart Landscape = yes Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire, England Genre = Techno,… … Wikipedia
fluke — fluke1 /floohk/, n. 1. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. See diag. under anchor. 2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like. 3. either half of the… … Universalium
fluke — Synonyms and related words: Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, accident, adventure, blessing, break, casualty, chance hit, contingency, contingent, fortuity, freak accident, hap,… … Moby Thesaurus
long shot — Synonyms and related words: accident, adventure, bare possibility, boom shot, casualty, chance hit, close up, contingency, contingent, dark horse, deuce shot, equivalent odds, even break, even chance, fighting chance, fluke, follow focus shot,… … Moby Thesaurus
fluke — n 1. lucky stroke, stroke of luck or fortune, stroke of good luck or fortune; windfall, blessing, accidental advantage, piece of good luck or fortune; lucky chance, Inf. big chance, Sl. break, Sl. lucky or good or big break; chance, fortuity,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
sand fluke — Sandnecker Sand neck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A European flounder ({Hippoglossoides limandoides}); called also {rough dab}, {long fluke}, {sand fluke}, and {sand sucker}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sand fluke — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pole fluke — Pole Pole, n. [As. p[=a]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.] 1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
