What does "skipjack" mean?
Skipjack: (Zoöl.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
Additional senses
- 2.(Zoöl.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
- 3.(Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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