SKIPJACKS
Noun
skipjacks
plural of skipjack
Source: Wiktionary
SKIPJACK
Skip"jack`, n.
1. An upstart. [Obs.] Ford.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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. (Naut.)
Definition: A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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