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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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