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skipjack

DEFINITIONS OF: skipjack

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n 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

Synonyms:
Euthynnus pelamis, skipjack tuna
Type 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

n medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

Synonyms:
Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda
Type of:
bonito
any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas

n able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound

Synonyms:
click beetle, snapping beetle
Type of:
elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle
any of various widely distributed beetles
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