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Bonito

noun

(pl. bonitoes) (Often incorrectly written bonita)

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: Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito.

Any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas.

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"Bonito" Quotes from Famous Books

... huff with the Old Men, a tiff with the traders, and more fear of insurrection at home than appetite for wars abroad. The plenipotentiary had been placed under my protection; and we solemnly saluted when we met. He proved an excellent fisherman, and caught bonito over the ship's side. He pulled a good oar, and made himself useful for a whole fiery afternoon, towing the becalmed Equator off Mariki. He went to his post and did no good. He returned home again, having done no harm. O ...

— In the South Seas • Robert Louis Stevenson

... Neohowii; such as the S. lineolata, Cuv. and Val. and the S. leiogaster, Cuv. and Val. xx. 270, which was found by M. Reynaud at Trincomalie. It occurs also off the coast of Java. Another Ceylon fish of the same group, a Clupea, is known as the "poisonous sprat;" the bonito (Thynnus affinis, Cang.), the kangewena, or unicorn fish (Balistes?), and a number of others, are more or less in bad repute from the ...

— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent

Words linked to "Bonito" : Atlantic bonito, Sarda, scombroid, tuna, Sarda chiliensis, tuna fish, genus Sarda, scombroid fish, Sarda sarda, skipjack, Katsuwonus, genus Katsuwonus, tunny