skipjack

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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
noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
noun able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound

If Milt had been driving at the rate at which he usually made his skipjack carom over the roads about Schoenstrom, he would by now have been through Dakota, into Montana. — Free Air, Sinclair Lewis

skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis

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