bonito
Nouns
- (n) flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna
- (n) fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito,
- (n) any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas