SKIPJACK

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

Sense 3

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; skipjack; snapping beetle

Hypernyms ("skipjack" is a kind of...):

elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle (any of various widely distributed beetles)

 Context examples 

Yellowfin tuna and skipjack tuna may shift their distribution eastward and poleward throughout the 21st century, with the potential disappearance of these species altogether from the western warm pool region.

(Pacific island fish migrating to cooler seas, SciDev.Net)