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Meaning of skipjack

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  skipjack
      n 1: 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 [syn: {skipjack}, {skipjack
           tuna}, {Euthynnus pelamis}]
      2: medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific
         waters; less valued than tuna [syn: {skipjack}, {Atlantic
         bonito}, {Sarda sarda}]
      3: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the
         air with a clicking sound [syn: {click beetle}, {skipjack},
         {snapping beetle}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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