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bonito
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bonito has 3 senses
- bonito(n = noun.food) Array - flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna; Array is a part of bonito
- bonito(n = noun.animal) katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito - fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna; Array is a kind of scombroid, scombroid fish
- bonito(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas; Array is a kind of scombroid, scombroid fish
is a kind of tuna, tuna fish, tunny
is a member of genus katsuwonus, katsuwonus
is a member of genus sarda, sarda
has particulars: atlantic bonito, sarda sarda, skipjack, chile bonito, chilean bonito, pacific bonito, sarda chiliensis
has parts: bonito
CIDE DICTIONARY
bonito, n. [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bainīt and bainīth.].
- A large tropical fish (
Orcynus pelamys ) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. [1913 Webster] - any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera
Sarda orEuthynnus , with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to theskipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis , syn.Katsuwonus pelamis , formerlySarda Mediterranea , also calledskipjack ) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (Sarda Chilensis ) of the Pacific, and other related species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes. [1913 Webster] - The medregal (
Seriola fasciata ), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies. [1913 Webster] - The cobia or crab eater (
Elacate canada ), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bonito, n. (pl. -os) any of several tunny-like fish which are striped like mackerel and are common in tropical seas.
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