skipjack

American  

[skip-jak] / ˈskɪpˌdʒæk /

noun

plural

skipjack,

plural

skipjacks, skipjacks

1. any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.

2. Entomology. click beetle.

3. Nautical. an American one-masted sailing vessel.

---

skipjack British  

/ ˈskɪpˌdʒæk /

noun

1. 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)

2. a small spotted tuna, Euthynnus yaito, of Indo-Pacific seas

3. any of several other unrelated fishes, such as the alewife and bonito

4. nautical an American sloop used for oystering and as a yacht

5. another name for a click beetle

---

Etymology

Origin of skipjack

First recorded in 1545–55; skip ¹ + jack ¹

Example Sentences

Dock workers unload frozen skipjack and yellowfin tuna from a ship in Bangkok, bound for the Thai Union cannery, one of the world’s largest tuna processors.

From Science Magazine

They specifically looked at tropical tuna -- skipjack, bigeye and yellowfin.

From Science Daily

It has contracted directly with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, to supply canned skipjack tuna for its Great Value brand.

From Scientific American

They passed through the military gates, along a dirt road and onto the shore of a little cove, next to one of America’s deepest harbors, where skipjacks flipped out of the aquamarine water.

From New York Times

My mother recalled how Tomoyo would go to the fish market, look at all the fish and then buy the big tuna — or aku, as skipjack tuna is commonly known in Hawaii.

From Seattle Times