SKIPJACK
Dictionary entry overview: What does skipjack mean?
• SKIPJACK (noun)
The noun SKIPJACK has 3 senses:
1. 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. medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
3. able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
Familiarity information: SKIPJACK used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SKIPJACK (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Euthynnus pelamis; skipjack; skipjack tuna
Hypernyms ("skipjack" is a kind of...):
scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)
Holonyms ("skipjack" is a member of...):
Euthynnus; genus Euthynnus (a genus of Scombridae)
Meaning:
Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda; skipjack
Hypernyms ("skipjack" is a kind of...):
bonito (any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas)
Holonyms ("skipjack" is a member of...):
genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)
Meaning:
Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
click beetle; snapping beetle; skipjack
Hypernyms ("skipjack" is a kind of...):
elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle (any of various widely distributed beetles)
