bonito
/bəˈniːtəʊ
/noun (plural bonitos)
1A small tuna with dark oblique stripes on the back, important as a food and game fish.
- Sarda and related genera, family Scombridae: several species.
- Mackerel are members of the scombrid fish clade that includes tuna and bonitos and possess a forked tail.
- What to buy: tinned and preserved foods like bonito tuna, white anchovies and anchovy olives.
1.1 another term for skipjack (sense 1).We have frozen ocean bonito for canning and smoking purposes....
- I also had a few pieces of barely-cooked ocean bonito - a little too fishy for me.
- Aku, ocean bonito, is perhaps the most delicious eating fish.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Spanish.