- Also called: skipjack tuna an important food fish, Katsuwonus pelamis, that has a striped abdomen and occurs in all tropical seas: family Scombridae (mackerels and tunas)
- black skipjack ⇒ a small spotted tuna, Euthynnus yaito, of Indo-Pacific seas
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skip•jack
(skip′jak′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -jack, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -jacks for 1;
-jacks for 2, 3.
-jacks for 2, 3.
- any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
- Insects[Entomol.]See click beetle.
- Naval Terms[Naut.]an American one-masted sailing vessel.
- skip1 + jack1 1545–55
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skipjack /ˈskɪpˌdʒæk/ n ( pl -jack, -jacks)
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