skipjack Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack tuna; Euthynnus pelamis.
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noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda.
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noun able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
snapping beetle; click beetle.
WordNet
Skip"jack` noun
Definitions
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An upstart. Obs. Ford. -
(Zoöl.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. -
(Zoöl.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc. -
(Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.