Lexic.us

Definition of Skipjack

1. 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.

2. Noun. Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna.

3. Noun. Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound.

Definition of Skipjack

1. n. An upstart.

Definition of Skipjack

1. Noun. Any of several unrelated fish, but especially several of the genus ''Euthynnus'' resembling tuna; ''Katsuwonus pelamis.'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skipjack

1. a marine fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Skipjack

1. 1. An upstart. 2. An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. 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. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross-section. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skipjack

skip a beat skip a generation skip areas skip car skip cars skip distance skip hoist skip hoists skip out skip over

skip rope skip town skip tracer skipathon skipathons skipjack (current term) skipjack tuna skipjacks skiplane skiplanes

skippable skipped skipped a beat skipped generation skippenite skipper skippered skippering skippers skippet

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