skipjack

Noun

• able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound

• medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  click beetle , snapping beetle , Atlantic bonito , Sarda sarda , skipjack tuna , Euthynnus pelamis