Defenition of the word bonito

• Defenition of the word bonito

  • any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
  • flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna
  • fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna

Synonyms for the word bonito

• • Katsuwonus pelamis
  • oceanic bonito

Meronymys for the word bonito

• • bonito
  • genus Katsuwonus
  • genus Sarda
  • Katsuwonus
  • Sarda

Hyponyms for the word bonito

• • Atlantic bonito
  • Chile bonito
  • Chilean bonito
  • Pacific bonito
  • Sarda chiliensis
  • Sarda lineolata
  • Sarda sarda
  • skipjack

Hypernyms for the word bonito

• • scombroid
  • scombroid fish
  • tuna
  • tuna fish
  • tunny

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