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 .
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2 .
A detective . [
Slang ,
Eng .] --
Dickens .
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3 .
A messenger . --
Swift .
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4 .
A smuggler . [
Colloq .] --
R .
North .
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5 .
One employed to solicit patronage ,
as for a steamboat ,
hotel ,
shop ,
etc . [
Cant ,
U .
S .]
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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 .
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7 .
The rotating stone of a set of millstones .
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8 . (
Naut .)
A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle . --
Totten .
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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 .
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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 .
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11 .
The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached .
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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 .
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13 . (
Zool .)
Any cursorial bird .
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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 .
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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 }.
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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 }.
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Skipjack \
Skip "
jack `\,
n .
1 .
An upstart . [
Obs .] --
Ford .
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2 . (
Zool .)
An elater ;
a snap bug ,
or snapping beetle .
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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 .
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4 . (
Naut .)
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V -
shaped cross section .
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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 }.
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2 .
A West Indian fish ({
Platyglossus radiatus }),
of the family {
Labrid [
ae ]}.
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Note :
The name is applied locally to other species of fishes ;
as the cunner ,
sea bass ,
squeteague ,
etc .
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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 .
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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 .
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3 .
The medregal ({
Seriola fasciata }),
an edible fish of the southern part of the United States and the West Indies .
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4 .
The cobia or crab eater ({
Elacate canada }),
an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States .
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