different between saury vs skipjack

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??.?i/

Etymology

From Latin saurus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (saûros, “lizard”)

Noun

saury (plural sauries)

1. A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

Derived terms

• Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus, Scomberesox scombroides, Scomberesox simulans)
• blotched saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• clouded saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• common suary (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• dwarf saury (Scomberesox simulans) (Africa, UK)
• filamentous saury (Saurida filamentosa) (Australia)
• gracile saury (Saurida gracilis) (Australia)
• grey saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• large-scaled saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• longfin saury (Saurida longimanus) (Australia)
• orangemouth saury (Saurida flamma)
• Pacific saury (Cololabis saira. Scomberesox scombroides)
• painted saury (Synodus myops) (Australia)
• shortfin saury (Saurida argentea, Saurida micropectoralis) (Australia)
• shortjaw saury (Saurida isarankurai)
• silver saury (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• slender saury (Saurida gracilis, Saurida elongata) (Australia)
• South Pacific saury (Scomberesox scombroides)
• threadfin saury (Suarida filamentosa) (Australia)
• Wanieso saury (Saurida wanieso) (Australia)

Translations

References

• saury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• saury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Surya, S?rya

English

Noun

skipjack (plural skipjacks or skipjack)

1. Any of several unrelated fish.
   1. Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna.
   2. Katsuwonus pelamis.
   3. The common bluefish
   4. The alewife
   5. The bonito
   6. The butterfish
   7. The cutlass fish
   8. The jurel
   9. The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
   10. The runner.
   11. The saurel.
   12. The saury.
   13. The threadfish.
2. (obsolete) An upstart.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ford to this entry?)

3. An elaterid; a click beetle.
4. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Translations

See also

• skipjack tuna