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Bonito

noun

(pl. bonitoes) (Often incorrectly written bonita)

Flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna.

Fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna. Synonyms: Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito.

Any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas.

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... condiciones de tu nueva dama, creo que, no tendras inconveniente en presentarnos a ella. De mi se decir que ya no vivo hasta ver esa maravilla. Pero ... ?que diantres te pasa? ... diriase que esquivas la presentacion. iJa! ija! ija! Bonito fuera que ...

— Legends, Tales and Poems • Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

... there's the bonito, as big as a pig, though its name jokingly means 'good little one'; the sail fish which lifts its fin into the wind; and ...

— Fil and Filippa - Story of Child Life in the Philippines • John Stuart Thomson

... Crappie Calico Bass Rock Bass Sunfish Small-mouth Black Bass Large-mouth Black Bass Wall-eyed Pike Weakfish Red Drum Kingfish Tautog Rosefish Tomcod Haddock Ling Cusk Summer Flounder Flatfish Muscallonge Northern Muscallonge Striped Mullet Common Mackerel Bonito Sauger Yellow Perch White Bass Striped Bass White Perch Sea Bass Scup Spotted Weakfish Croaker Bergall Spadefish Whiting Cod Burbot Hake Halibut Sand Dab ...

— New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 - Report of the New York State Commission • DeLancey M. Ellis