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Fluke

The European flounder. See Flounder.

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Barb 76% connected

Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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Flatworm 76% connected

Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

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Fortune 76% connected

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determinin…

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Luck 76% connected

That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Containing whole 4

Anchor 70% connected

A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook…

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Blower 70% connected

One who, or that which, blows.

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Cetacean 70% connected

One of the Cetacea.

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Harpoon 70% connected

A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, s…

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Synonym 2

Flue 92% connected

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trematode 92% connected

One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.

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