Defenition of the word skipjack
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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
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- Atlantic bonito
- click beetle
- Euthynnus pelamis
- Sarda sarda
- skipjack tuna
- snapping beetle
Meronymys for the word skipjack
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- Euthynnus
- genus Euthynnus
- genus Sarda
- Sarda
Hypernyms for the word skipjack
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- bonito
- elater
- elaterid
- elaterid beetle
- scombroid
- scombroid fish
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