Associations to the word «Skipjack»

Wiktionary

SKIPJACK, noun. Any of several unrelated fish.
SKIPJACK, noun. Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
SKIPJACK, noun. Katsuwonus pelamis.
SKIPJACK, noun. The common bluefish
SKIPJACK, noun. The alewife
SKIPJACK, noun. The bonito
SKIPJACK, noun. The butterfish
SKIPJACK, noun. The cutlass fish
SKIPJACK, noun. The jurel
SKIPJACK, noun. The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
SKIPJACK, noun. The runner.
SKIPJACK, noun. The saurel.
SKIPJACK, noun. The saury.
SKIPJACK, noun. The threadfish.
SKIPJACK, noun. (obsolete) An upstart.
SKIPJACK, noun. An elaterid; a click beetle.
SKIPJACK, noun. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
SKIPJACK TUNA, noun. A medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Katsuwonus pelamis; also called bonito.

Dictionary definition

SKIPJACK, 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, noun. Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna.
SKIPJACK, noun. Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound.

Wise words

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