Fluke

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A fluke is a lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.

Fluke may also refer to:

Biology

• Fluke (fish) or Summer flounder, a type of flatfish
• Fluke (flatworm), trematoda, a class of parasitic flatworms
• Fluke (tail), the lobes of the tail of a cetacean, such as dolphins or whales

People

• Joanne Fluke (born c. 1940), American female author
• John Fluke (1911–1984) American lawyer, CEO of Fluke Corporation
• Louise Fluke (c. 1900–1986), designer of the Flag of Oklahoma
• Sandra Fluke (born 1981), attorney, feminist, LGBTQ activist

Arts and entertainment

• Fluke (album), 1995 album by Canadian rock band Rusty
• Fluke (band), electronic dance music group
• Fluke, 1995 film
• Fluke, 1977 novel
• Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings, a 2003 novel Christopher Moore
• Fluke (General Hospital), a colloquial portmanteau for the character ostensibly playing an impostor of Luke Spencer in the soap opera General Hospital

Other uses

• Fluke Corporation, a manufacturer of electrical and electronic test equipment
• Snow fluke, an anchoring device for climbing and camping
• Fluke anchor, a kind of anchor
• Fluke (cue sports), an unintentionally fortuitous shot in cue sports such as snooker

See also

• One-off
• Coincidence