The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limacodes scapha
Skiff \Skiff\, n. [F. esquif, fr. OHG. skif, G. schiff. See Ship.] A small, light boat.
The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff.
--Milton.
Skiff caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a moth ( Limacodes scapha); -- so called from its peculiar shape.