fluking

Variant of fluke

noun

  1. any of various flatfishes, esp. a genus (Paralichthys) of flounders
  2. trematode

Origin: ME floke < OE floc, akin to ON floki < IE base *plāg-, broad, flat > flag, Ger flach, flat, level

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