BONITO

Definition of BONITO

  1. (noun)flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna
  2. (noun)fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
  3. (noun)any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas