SKIPJACK TUNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skipjack tuna mean? 

• SKIPJACK TUNA (noun)
  The noun SKIPJACK TUNA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SKIPJACK TUNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIPJACK TUNA (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 tuna" 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 tuna" is a member of...):

Euthynnus; genus Euthynnus (a genus of Scombridae)

 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)