BONITO (bonitoes)

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Irregular inflected form: bonitoes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bonito mean? 

• BONITO (noun)
  The noun BONITO has 3 senses:

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: BONITO used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONITO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("bonito" is a kind of...):

tuna; tuna fish; tunny (important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks)

Holonyms ("bonito" is a part of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bonito; Katsuwonus pelamis; oceanic bonito

Hypernyms ("bonito" is a kind of...):

scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

Holonyms ("bonito" is a member of...):

genus Katsuwonus; Katsuwonus (oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bonito" is a kind of...):

scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

Meronyms (parts of "bonito"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonito"):

Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda; skipjack (medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna)

Chile bonito; Chilean bonito; Pacific bonito; Sarda chiliensis (common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well)

Holonyms ("bonito" is a member of...):

genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)