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bonito   (TTS Sound)

The noun bonito has 3 senses

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


• bonito, oceanic bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis -- (fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna)


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