Skipjack

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1. Noun

An upstart.

2. Noun

An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.

3. Noun

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. Noun

A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

5. Noun

able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
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6. Noun

medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
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7. Noun

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
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