bonito
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(noun) any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas |
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Related Words: Atlantic bonito, Chile bonito, Chilean bonito, Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis, Sarda lineolata, Sarda sarda, scombroid, scombroid fish, skipjack |
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| 2. |
(noun) fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna |
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Synonyms: Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito |
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Related Words: scombroid, scombroid fish |
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| 3. |
(noun) flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna |
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Related Words: tuna, tuna fish, tunny |
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