Dictionary & Thesaurus

skipjack

1.	(noun) medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
	Synonyms: Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda
	Related Words: bonito

2.	(noun) 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
	Related Words: scombroid, scombroid fish

3.	(noun) able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
	Synonyms: click beetle, snapping beetle
	Related Words: elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle