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US
/ˈskɪpˌdʒæk/
]
[ UK /skˈɪpdʒæk/ ]
[ UK /skˈɪpdʒæk/ ]
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
- medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
How To Use skipjack In A Sentence
- They also caught a couple of large kingfish and many skipjack.
- Similarly, drying skipjack (a small Pacific fish in the tuna family) or shiitake mushrooms substantially increases their existing umami levels.
- At the end of the lines, he strung his artificial lures, big lures that resembled skipjack tuna when striking the surface of the water. A FEW SHORT NOTES ON TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES
- This outfit is also ideal for school bonito, skipjack, average sized dorado, roosterfish and needlefish.
- There, the commercial fishermen patiently wait every year for the annual migrations of albacore, skipjack, yellowfin, big-eye and bluefin.
- Also, canned tuna is often composed of smaller species of tuna, such as albacore and skipjack, both of which have lower levels of mercury.
- When he got there, and asked if the jolly-jist was stirring yet, one servant snorted, and another grunted, till Joe got rather maddish; but at last one of them skipjacks of fellows, that wear a little jacket like a lass's bedgown, said he would see. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance
- However, most of the tuna consumed in the UK has brown flesh and tends to be the skipjack or yellowfin varieties.
- There, the commercial fishermen patiently wait every year for the annual migrations of albacore, skipjack, yellowfin, big-eye and bluefin.
- I too go in there, but so many skipjacks are dimpling the surface I return to the deep outside, believing the fish will be out, cruising.
