skipjack

Definition of Skipjack in English :

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

medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Skipjack

noun plural -jack or -jacks

1. Also called: skipjack tuna

an important food fish, Katsuwonus pelamis, that has a striped abdomen and occurs in all tropical seas: family Scombridae (mackerels and tunas)

2. black skipjack

3.

any of several other unrelated fishes, such as the alewife and bonito

4. nautical

an American sloop used for oystering and as a yacht

5. another name for a click beetle

nounWord forms: plural ˈskipˌjacks or ˈskipˌjack

any of various fishes that leap out of, or play at the surface of, the water, as the bluefish or a saury

n. pl. skipjack or skip·jacks

1. A skipjack tuna.

2. Any of various other fishes, such as the bluefish, that habitually leap out of the water.

3. pl. skip·jacks A fishing sloop having a bottom shaped like a flat V and vertical sides.