skipjack

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Noun

skipjack (plural skipjacks)

1. Any of several unrelated fish.
   1. Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
   2. Katsuwonus pelamis.
   3. The common bluefish
   4. The alewife
   5. The bonito
   6. The butterfish
   7. The cutlass fish
   8. The jurel
   9. The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
   10. The runner.
   11. The saurel.
   12. The saury.
   13. The threadfish.
2. (obsolete) An upstart.
3. An elaterid; a click beetle.
4. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Translations

• French: bonite à ventre rayé
• Spanish: listado, rayado, bonito

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