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CHILE BONITO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chile bonito mean?
• CHILE BONITO (noun)
The noun CHILE BONITO has 1 sense:
1. common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
Familiarity information: CHILE BONITO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chile bonito; Chilean bonito; Pacific bonito; Sarda chiliensis
Hypernyms ("Chile bonito" is a kind of...):
bonito (any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas)
Holonyms ("Chile bonito" is a member of...):
genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)
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