skipjack
noun16 senses
- 1Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna
- 2A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- 3A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- 4An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- 5A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- 6A butterfish
- 7A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- 8A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- 9A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- 10A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- 11A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- 12A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- 13A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- 14An upstart.
- 15An elaterid; a click beetle.
- 16A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
› Any of several not closely related fish.
1
Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna
2
A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
3
A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
4
An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
5
A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
6
A butterfish
7
A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
8
A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
9
A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
10
A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
11
A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
12
A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
13
A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
14
Obsolete An upstart.
- Tag-rag or other, hogen mogen, vanden, skip-jacks or chouses.1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial:
15
An elaterid; a click beetle.
16
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
- Related terms
- skipjack tuna