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skipjack

Noun
1. 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
(synonym) skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis
(hypernym) scombroid, scombroid fish
(member-holonym) Euthynnus, genus Euthynnus
2. medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
(synonym) Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda
(hypernym) bonito
(member-holonym) Sarda, genus Sarda
3. able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
(synonym) click beetle, snapping beetle
(hypernym) elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid


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Skipjack
(n.)
An upstart.
  
 
(n.)
An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
  
 
(n.)
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  

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skipjack /'skipdʤæk/
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      SKIPJACK
      TONNO BONITA


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