From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Skipper \Skip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, skips.
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2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.
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3. (Zool.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus}).
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4. The cheese maggot. See {Cheese fly}, under {Cheese}.
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5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies
of the family {Hesperiadae}; -- so called from their
peculiar short, jerking flight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Skipper \Skip"per\, n. [D. schipper. See {Shipper}, and {Ship}.]
1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel;
hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
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2. A ship boy. [Obs.] --Congreve.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skipper
n 1: a student who fails to attend classes
2: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn:
{master}, {captain}, {sea captain}, {skipper}]
3: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn:
{captain}, {skipper}]
v 1: work as the skipper on a vessel
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