skipjack

skipjack
noun
  1. (亦作 skipjack tuna)a small tuna with dark horizontal stripes, widely distributed throughout tropical and temperate seas
    鲣,正鲔。 亦称bonito 或 oceanic bonito
  2. Katsuwonus or Euthynnus pelamis, family Scombridae
    拉丁名Katsuwonus pelamis 或Euthynnus pelamis,鲭科
  3. another term for click beetle
    同click beetle
  4. a sloop-rigged sailing boat of a kind used off the east coast of the US
    (美国东海岸边的)单桅帆船
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from the verb skip + jack. Sense 1 is from the fish's habit of jumping out of the water; senses 2 and 3 arose in the 19th cent
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