| NOUN | animal | skipjack, skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis | oceanic schooling tuna / tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic |
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| animal | skipjack, Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda | medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters | |
| animal | skipjack, click beetle, snapping beetle | able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound |
| Sounds | skih'pjhae.k | |
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| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | Oceanic schooling tuna / 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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| Synonyms | skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis | |
| Member of | Euthynnus, genus Euthynnus | A genus of Scombridae |
| Broader | scombroid, scombroid fish | Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas |
| Spanish | bacoreta | |
| Meaning | medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna / tuna. | |
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| Synonyms | Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda | |
| Member of | Sarda, genus Sarda | bonitos |
| Broader | bonito | Any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics / characteristics between mackerels and tunas / tunas |
| Spanish | bonítalo, bonito, listado | |
| Catalan | bonítol, Sarda sarda | |
| Meaning | able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound. | |
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| Synonyms | click beetle, snapping beetle | |
| Broader | elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid | Any of various widely distributed beetles |
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