skipjack

(skipjak′)

noun pl. skipjacks or skipjack

any of various fishes that leap out of, or play at the surface of, the water, as the bluefish or a saury

See skipjack in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. skipjack skipjack or skip·jacks
  1. Any of several marine food fishes of the genus Euthynnus, related to and resembling the tuna, especially an economically important striped species (E. pelamis) occurring in all tropical areas.
  2. Any of various fishes, such as the bluefish, that habitually leap out of the water.
  3. pl. skip·jacks Nautical A small sailboat having a bottom shaped like a flat V and vertical sides.

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