Bonito Definition

bə-nētō
bonitoes, bonitos
noun
bonitos
Any of a genus (Sarda) of marine game and food scombroid fishes.
Webster's New World

A large tropical fish, the skipjack, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis.

Wiktionary

The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.

Wiktionary

The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.

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Other Word Forms of Bonito

Noun

Singular:
bonito
Plural:
bonitoes, bonitos

Origin of Bonito

  • Spanish probably from bonito pretty diminutive of bueno good from Latin bonus good deu-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Spanish, from Arabic بينيت (bainīt).

    From Wiktionary

Bonito Sentence Examples

  • The fish caught are principally sardines, bonito, smelts and sprats.

  • About 500 species of food fishes have been found, and common among them are the bangos or milkfish, the banak or mullet, mackerel, herring, anchovies, groupers, snappers, pompano, tarpon and bonito.

  • Forget ' jogo bonito ', they play stupid football, a bunch of overrated players with complete disregard for collective play.

  • Of other affluents, the Bonito, Garcas, Cristallino and Tapirape on the west, and the Pitombas, Claro, Vermelho, Tucupa and Chavante on the east, nothing definite is known as the country is still largely unexplored.

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Words Starting With

BBOBON

Words Ending With

OTOITO

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bonito

Words Starting With B and Ending With O

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