"turn flukes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-turn flukes.ogg [Australia] Forms: turns flukes [present, singular, third-person], turning flukes [participle, present], turned flukes [participle, past], turned flukes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=turn flukes}} turn flukes (third-person singular simple present turns flukes, present participle turning flukes, simple past and past participle turned flukes)
  1. Of a whale: to go under, dive.
    Sense id: en-turn_flukes-en-verb-vdS8NZHB
  2. (nautical slang) To turn in, go to bed. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Nautical Categories (lifeform): Whales
    Sense id: en-turn_flukes-en-verb-kurhx5YD Disambiguation of Whales: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English predicates: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83 Topics: nautical, transport

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