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Skipjack

Skipjack Meaning & Definition
Skipjack Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Skipjack?

[n] able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
[n] medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Skipjack: Atlantic bonito | click beetle | Euthynnus pelamis | Sarda sarda | skipjack tuna | snapping beetle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Skipjack:

See Also | bonito | elater | elaterid | elaterid beetle | Euthynnus | genus Euthynnus | genus Sarda | Sarda | scombroid | scombroid fish

Skipjack In Webster's Dictionary

\Skip"jack`\, n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] --Ford. 2. (Zo["o]l.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. (Zo["o]l.) 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. 4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

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