skipjack

A skipjack tuna.

Any of various other fishes, such as the bluefish, that habitually leap out of the water.

A small sailboat having a bottom shaped like a flat V and vertical sides.

A shallow, impertinent fellow; an insignificant fop; a puppy.

Formerly, a youth who rode horses up and down, showing them off with a view to sale.

The merrythought of a fowl made into a little toy by a twisted thread and a small piece of stick.

In ichthyology, one of several different fishes which dart through and sometimes skip out of the water.

In entomology, a click-beetle or snapping-beetle; an elater; any member of the Elateridæ. See cut under click-beetle.

A form of boat used on the Florida coast, built very flat, with little or no sheer, and with chubby bows.

Pomolobus chrysochloris, of the family Clupeidæ, a herring found land-locked in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.