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Skipjack Common

Skipjack has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

4

Any of several unrelated fish.

5

Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
scombroid bonito elaterid beetle
Rhyming Words
ack cack fack yack lack rack nack mack hack tack zack gack pack back sack wack jack shack slack chack
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