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Skipjack

Skip′jackˊ

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Noun.
1.
An upstart.
[Obs.]
Ford.
2.
(Zool.)
An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
3.
(Zool.)
A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
4.
(Naut.)
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

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skipjack

skipjack

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Noun

Katsuwonus pelamis

skipjack ‎(plural skipjacks or skipjack)

  1. Any of several unrelated fish.
    1. Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
    2. Katsuwonus pelamis.
    3. The common bluefish
    4. The alewife
    5. The bonito
    6. The butterfish
    7. The cutlass fish
    8. The jurel
    9. The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
    10. The runner.
    11. The saurel.
    12. The saury.
    13. The threadfish.
  2. (obsolete) An upstart.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ford to this entry?)
  3. An elaterid; a click beetle.
  4. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

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