skip·jack /ˈskɪpˌʤæk/
 跳躍玩偶的一種,飛魚類,叩頭蟲類


 Skip·jack n.
 1. An upstart. [Obs.]
 2. Zool. An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
 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.
 4. Naut. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

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 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 [syn: skipjack tuna, {Euthynnus
           pelamis]
      2: medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and
         Pacific waters; less valued than tuna [syn: {Atlantic
         bonito, Sarda sarda]
      3: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the
         air with a clicking sound [syn: click beetle, {snapping
         beetle]