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skipjack 音标拼音: [sk'ɪpdʒ ,æk] n. 跳跃玩偶的一种,飞鱼类,叩头虫类 跳跃玩偶的一种,飞鱼类,叩头虫类 skipjack n 1: 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 [ synonym: { skipjack}, { skipjack tuna}, { Euthynnus pelamis}] 2: medium- sized tuna- like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna [ synonym: { skipjack}, { Atlantic bonito}, { Sarda sarda}] 3: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound [ synonym: { click beetle}, { skipjack}, { snapping beetle}] Runner \ Run" ner\, n. [ From { Run}.] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A detective. [ Slang, Eng.] -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A messenger. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A smuggler. [ Colloq.] -- R. North. [ 1913 Webster] 5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [ Cant, U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil. [ 1913 Webster] 7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones. [ 1913 Webster] 8. ( Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle. -- Totten. [ 1913 Webster] 9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice. [ 1913 Webster] 10. ( Founding) ( a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. ( b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed. [ 1913 Webster] 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. [ 1913 Webster] 12. ( Zool.) A food fish ({ Elagatis pinnulatus}) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also { skipjack}, { shoemaker}, and { yellowtail}. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water. [ 1913 Webster] 13. ( Zool.) Any cursorial bird. [ 1913 Webster] 14. ( Mech.) ( a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. ( b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding. [ 1913 Webster]
Saurel \ Sau" rel\, n. ( Zool.) Any carangoid fish of the genus { Trachurus}, especially { Trachurus trachurus}, or { Trachurus saurus}, of Europe and America, and { Trachurus picturatus} of California. Called also { skipjack}, and { horse mackerel}. [ 1913 Webster]
Saury \ Sau" ry\, n.; pl. { Sauries}. [ Etymol. uncertain.] ( Zool.) A slender marine fish ({ Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also { billfish}, { gowdnook}, { gawnook}, { skipper}, { skipjack}, { skopster}, { lizard fish}, and { Egypt herring}. [ 1913 Webster]
Skipjack \ Skip" jack`\, n. 1. An upstart. [ Obs.] -- Ford. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V- shaped cross section. [ 1913 Webster]
Jurel \ Ju" rel\, n. ( Zool.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ({ Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also { hardtail}, { horse crevall[' e]}, { jack}, { buffalo jack}, { skipjack}, { yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, { horse mackerel}. Other species of { Caranx} ( as { Caranx fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. Juridic
Bluefish \ Blue" fish`\, n. ( Zool.) 1. A large voracious fish ({ Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family { Carangid[ ae]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the { horse mackerel}, in Virginia { saltwater tailor}, or { skipjack}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A West Indian fish ({ Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family { Labrid[ ae]}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
Bonito \ Bo* ni" to\ ( b[- o]* n[= e]" t[- o]), n.; pl. { Bonitoes} (- t[- o] z). [ Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[ imac] t and bain[ imac] th.] [ Often incorrectly written { bonita}.] ( Zool.) 1. A large tropical fish ({ Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. [ 1913 Webster] 2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera { Sarda} or { Euthynnus}, with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to the { skipjack tuna} ({ Euthynnus pelamis}, syn. { Katsuwonus pelamis}, formerly { Sarda Mediterranea}, also called { skipjack}) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and ({ Sarda Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and other related species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes. -- MW10 [ 1913 Webster PJC] 3. The medregal ({ Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the southern part of the United States and the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The cobia or crab eater ({ Elacate canada}), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster]
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