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SKIPJACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
Synonyms:
click beetle; skipjack; snapping beetle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("skipjack" is a kind of...):
elater; elaterid; elaterid beetle (any of various widely distributed beetles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Synonyms:
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda; skipjack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("skipjack" is a kind of...):
bonito (any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas)
Holonyms ("skipjack" is a member of...):
genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)
Sense 3
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
Synonyms:
Euthynnus pelamis; skipjack; skipjack tuna
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("skipjack" 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" is a member of...):
Euthynnus; genus Euthynnus (a genus of Scombridae)
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