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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. Synonyms: Euthynnus pelamis, skipjack tuna.

Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna. Synonyms: Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda.

Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound. Synonyms: click beetle, snapping beetle.

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"Skipjack" Quotes from Famous Books

... future, troubled his head no further about the matter. Him he sometimes took upon his knee, as of old. To Franky he would give languid advice about the pictures he was colouring, about the amount of cobbler's wax to affix to the skipjack he was making, about the rigging ...

— Mrs. Day's Daughters • Mary E. Mann

Words linked to "Skipjack" : Sarda, snapping beetle, bonito, elater, Euthynnus pelamis, elaterid beetle, elaterid, Euthynnus, genus Sarda, scombroid, genus Euthynnus, scombroid fish