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Noun skipjack has 3 senses
- skipjack, skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis - 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
--1 is a kind of scombroid, scombroid fish
--1 is a member of Euthynnus, genus Euthynnus
- skipjack, Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda - medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
--2 is a kind of bonito
--2 is a member of Sarda, genus Sarda
- click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle - able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
--3 is a kind of elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid
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