the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > parts of > parts of tail (2)
plural. ‘The two parts which constitute the large triangular tail of the whale’ (Adm. Smyth). to turnor peak the flukes: of a whale, to go under…
Usually with the. The small, slender, or narrow part of something. Whaling. The narrow part of the tail of a whale, lying in front of the flukes. Now…