Defenition of the word skipjack

• Defenition of the word skipjack

  • Any of several unrelated fish, but especially several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
  • able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
  • medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
  • 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 for the word skipjack

• • Atlantic bonito
  • click beetle
  • Euthynnus pelamis
  • Sarda sarda
  • skipjack tuna
  • snapping beetle

Meronymys for the word skipjack

• • Euthynnus
  • genus Euthynnus
  • genus Sarda
  • Sarda

Hypernyms for the word skipjack

• • bonito
  • elater
  • elaterid
  • elaterid beetle
  • scombroid
  • scombroid fish

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