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skipjack

skipjack

1 7.1
A small tuna-like fish found in warm seas and used for food
  • noun
  • /ˈskɪpˌdʒæk/
translation icon : atún listado
  • Hawaii longline vessels evolved from the wooden sampan-style baitboats used in the pole-and-line fishery for skipjack tuna (June 1950).
  • skipjack tuna
  • skipjack catch
  • skipjack tuna fishery

I believe these are for crappy or for skipjack.

Examples

  • For local consumers, the loss of the aku (skipjack tuna) fleet has produced higher retail prices for fresh tuna.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The rate for yellowfin tuna was 3.4 t/day fished, and for skipjack tuna, 12.9 t/day fished.

    Academic text (1997)

  • We only caught 60 ton of skipjack down in San Benedict.

    Chinatown (1974)

  • And they don't pay you the same for skipjack as they do albacore or tuna.

    Chinatown (1974)

  • None of the world's major skipjack tuna fisheries depend on such large fish to supply the bulk of their catch.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The Hawaii skipjack tuna fishery originally supplied only the local market for fresh and dried tuna.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The proportion of mahimahi and skipjack tuna in the troll catch increased through the 1980s and 1990s.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The western Pacific fishery, however, is dominated by skipjack tuna catches, whereas the other fisheries are dominated by yellowfin tuna catches.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Catches reached record lows for yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, and skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, and continued a declining trend that started in 1995.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The fishermen celebrated after catching a large skipjack in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Synonyms

tuna
vsskipjack
213 1.0

A large, fast sea fish often eaten fresh or canned

is smaller and more locally fished for food in warm oceans
skipjack tuna
vsskipjack
3.1

A small fast sea fish that forms large schools and is often canned

is described more generally as a small food fish of warm seas
Katsuwonus pelamis
vsskipjack
  • Specialized
9.8

A fish called skipjack tuna whose dried flakes are used in Japanese cooking

is the general small warm ocean food fish rather than this culinary form
Euthynnus pelamis
vsskipjack
  • Specialized
9.9

A tuna fish that lives in the open ocean, often called skipjack tuna

is the common small warm sea food fish, not focusing on regional value
Katsuwonus
vsskipjack
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of ocean fish that includes the skipjack tuna

is the specific small warm ocean fish rather than the broader genus

Compounds

skipjack tuna
3.1

A small fast sea fish that forms large schools and is often canned

Surface Forms

skipjack singular
skipjacks plural

Morphology

skipjack = skip + jack (semi-transparent) = skip + jack

The compound's parts are visible, but 'skipjack' as the name of a specific tuna species is a lexicalized species name not fully derivable from 'skip' + 'jack'.

Etymology

Skipjack comes from skip 'to jump' and jack 'common name for a small fish', so you can picture a tuna that seems to 'skip' across the water when it leaps. That's why the name suits the small, tuna-like fish often caught for food.