skipjack

skip·jack

S0454000 (skĭp′jăk′)n. pl. skipjack or skip·jacks 1. A skipjack tuna.2. Any of various other fishes, such as the bluefish, that habitually leap out of the water.3. pl. skip·jacks A fishing sloop having a bottom shaped like a flat V and vertical sides.

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[skip (in reference to its leaping behavior) + jack, fellow.]

skipjack

(ˈskɪpˌdʒæk) n, pl -jack or -jacks1. (Animals) Also called: skipjack tuna an important food fish, Katsuwonus pelamis, that has a striped abdomen and occurs in all tropical seas: family Scombridae (mackerels and tunas)2. (Animals) black skipjack a small spotted tuna, Euthynnus yaito, of Indo-Pacific seas3. (Animals) any of several other unrelated fishes, such as the alewife and bonito4. (Nautical Terms) nautical an American sloop used for oystering and as a yacht5. (Animals) another name for a click beetle[C18: from skip¹ + jack¹]

skip•jack

(ˈskɪpˌdʒæk)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -jack, (esp. for kinds or species) -jacks. any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito. [1545–55]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	skipjack - oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonitoEuthynnus pelamis, skipjack tunascombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder watersEuthynnus, genus Euthynnus - a genus of Scombridae
	2.	skipjack - medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tunaAtlantic bonito, Sarda sardagenus Sarda, Sarda - bonitosbonito - any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
	3.	skipjack - able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking soundclick beetle, snapping beetleelater, elaterid, elaterid beetle - any of various widely distributed beetles