skipjack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: skipjack	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for skipjack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skipjack n 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(s): skipjack, skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna Synonym(s): skipjack, Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound Synonym(s): click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 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[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. 12. (Zo[94]l.) 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. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Any cursorial bird. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially {T. trachurus}, or {T. saurus}, of Europe and America, and {T. picturatus} of California. Called also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skipjack \Skip"jack`\, n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] --Ford. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. (Zo[94]l.) 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. 4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, 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}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SkipJack An {encryption} {algorithm} created by the NSA (National Security Agency) which encrypts 64-bit blocks of data with an 80-bit key. It is used in the {Clipper} chip, a {VLSI} device with an {ARM} processor core, which is intended to perform cryptographic operations while allowing the security agencies listen in. There are (apparently) two agencies, both of whom have to agree that there is a valid reason to decode a message. Don't laugh, they are serious. [Algorithm?] (1995-12-07)