skipjack
IPA: skˈɪpdʒæk
noun
- Any of several not closely related fish.
- Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna:
- A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- A butterfish
- A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- (obsolete) An upstart.
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
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Examples of "skipjack" in Sentences
- The smaller tunas, such as skipjack are most often used for these products.
- Very true, skipjack is a type of tuna so that could definitely be the cause of all the confusion.
- The other common species in the area is skipjack, which is still believed to be plentiful and is used for canning.
- “It’s where my mother and grandmother shopped; it’s where I shop,” he said, pausing to examine an icy bed of aku, what Hawaiians call skipjack tuna.
- Of the other species of tuna, including yellowfin, skipjack, bigeye and albacore, the skipjack is the only one not suffering from serious population decline linked to overfishing.
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