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noun

Bonito n. (pl. bonitoes) (Often incorrectly written bonita) (Zool.)

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.

Any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis, syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea, also called skipjack) 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.

The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern part of the United States and the West Indies.

The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bonito" Quotes from Famous Books

... will have blown over, the angry feelings excited will calm down, and you will then be able to come and go in safety; but at present you were best out of the town, and I have, therefore, arranged with your father that you shall embark tonight on board the Bonito, which sails tomorrow. You will have much to say to your father now, but I hope you will find time to come round, and say goodbye to my daughters, ...

— The Lion of Saint Mark - A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century • G. A. Henty

... it's far better than staring at a float, isn't it? Just like saying he can't ride a bike without a brake." Clown has been getting rather gay, and I was almost tempted to swat him. I'm just as good as they are. The sea isn't leased by Red Shirt, and there might be one obliging bonito which might get caught by my line. I dropped my line then, and toyed ...

— Botchan (Master Darling) • Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri

... bonito, as big as a pig, though its name jokingly means 'good little one'; the sail fish which lifts its fin into ...

— Fil and Filippa - Story of Child Life in the Philippines • John Stuart Thomson

... of raw fish make one of the tasty dishes at a Japanese meal. The foreigner, forgetting the Western relish for oysters and clams, is repelled by this raw fish, but a liking for it seems to be quickly acquired. In Tokyo the slices of raw fish are cut from the meaty bonito (tunny), but tai (bream) is also used. Bonito also provides the long narrow steaks, dried to a mahogany-like hardness, which are known as katsubushi. This katsubushi keeps indefinitely and ...

— The Foundations of Japan • J.W. Robertson Scott

... result of our morning's sport, which gains us much applause and approving cries of 'Ay! que bonito. Ay! que bueno.' The black cook to whom we consign our game, promises to do culinary justice to ...

— The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba • Walter Goodman

Words linked to "Bonito" : Pacific bonito, skipjack, tuna fish, tunny, Katsuwonus, Katsuwonus pelamis, Chilean bonito, bonito shark, Chile bonito, oceanic bonito, tuna, Sarda, scombroid fish, Sarda sarda, Atlantic bonito, Sarda chiliensis