Thesaurus: skipjack

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1. n. An upstart.
2. n. An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
3. n. A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
4. n. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
5. n. 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
6. n. medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
7. n. able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
8. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] Ford. 2. (Zoöl.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. (Zoöl.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc. 4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
9. n:100 n. 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 n. medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna