Skipjack Tuna

Definition: Skipjack Tuna

Skipjack Tuna

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Skipjack Tuna

Crosswords: Skipjack Tuna

Skipjack tuna caught with a one-pole rig with a barbless hook. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Maldives

Production was about 119,000 metric tons in 2000, most of which was skipjack tuna. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

bugstribet bonit (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Dutch

skipjack (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), gestreepte bonito (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Finnish

boniitti (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

French

listao (skipjack), bonite vraie (skipjack), bonite � ventre rayé (skipjack), \SKJ (skipjack). (various references)

German

Gestreifter Thunfisch (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), Echter Bonito (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), Bonito (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), Bauchstreifiger Bonito (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Greek 

παλαμίδα (bonito, short finned tunny), λακέρδα (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Italian

tonno (tuna, tuna-fish, tunny), tonnetto striato (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Pig Latin

ipjackskay unatay.(various references)

Portuguese

gaiado (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), bonito de barriga listada (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Spanish

serrucho (hand saw, handsaw, saw), palomida (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), listado (barred, list, listing, striped), conejo (Coney, cony, cotton-tail, rabbit), bonito de altura (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Swedish

bonit (bonito, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Euthynnus pelamis, Katsuwonus pelamis, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus), Thynnus pelamys. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: cajaputs, captains, katcinas, knapsack, nutpicks, skipjack.

-5 letters: anticks, cajaput, capstan, captain, captans, catkins, catnaps, catnips, katcina, kickups, nutpick, pastina, patinas, pinatas, satanic, sputnik, stackup, stickup, taipans, tanukis, unpacks, unpicks, unstack, unstick, untacks, upticks.