Bonito

[bə'niːtəʊ]

Definition

(noun.) any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas.

(noun.) fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna.

(noun.) flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna.

Edited by Bryan--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.

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

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

Typed by Amalia

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Albicore, horse-mackerel (Thynnus pelamys).

Edited by Jeremy

Definition

n. a name given to several fishes of the mackerel family—the Stripe-bellied Tunny of the tropical parts of the Atlantic and Pacific; the Mediterranean Bonito; the Plain Bonito.

Typist: Marion