Elaterid vs Skipjack - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between elaterid and skipjack

is that elaterid is (zoology) any member of the elateridae while skipjack is any of several unrelated fish.

(en noun)

(zoology) Any member of the Elateridae.

(Skipjack tuna)

(en-noun)

Any of several unrelated fish.

# Several of the genus resembling tuna.

# Katsuwonus pelamis .

# The

# The alewife

# The bonito

# The butterfish

# The

# The jurel

# The leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus )

# The runner.

# The saurel.

# The saury.

# The threadfish.

(obsolete) An upstart.

(Ford)

An elaterid; a click beetle.

A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

(Webster 1913)