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Noun: skipjack 'skip`jak- 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 tuna, Euthynnus pelamis - Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda - Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
- click beetle, snapping beetle
Derived forms: skipjacks Type of: bonito, elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle, scombroid, scombroid fish Part of: Euthynnus, genus Euthynnus, genus Sarda, Sarda Encyclopedia: Skipjack |