| skipjack | 1. An upstart. 2. <zoology> An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. <zoology> 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. 4. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross-section. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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