/ledh"euhr jak'it/ , n.
1. Also called leather jack . any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, esp. Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters.
2. Australian. a pancake or other dough fried over a campfire.
3. the grub of the crane fly.
[ 1760-70; LEATHER + JACKET ]