skipjack English

Meaning skipjack meaning

What does skipjack mean?

skipjack

— noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

— 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

— noun (= click beetle) able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound

Synonyms skipjack synonyms

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skipjack English » English

click beetle

skipjack tuna

bonito

snapping beetle

Atlantic bonito

Sarda sarda

Euthynnus pelamis

wright

whipper-snapper

smith

puppy

oceanic bonito

forger

flying fish

elaterid beetle

elaterid

elater

blacksmith