Bonito

Definition: Bonito

Bonito

Noun

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

2. Fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna.

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Bonito \Bo*ni"to\, noun; plural Bonitoes. [Spanish & Portuguese bonito, from Arabic bain[=i]t and bain[=i]th.]. (references)

Synonym: Bonito

Crosswords: Bonito

Galician (tuna fish), Portuguese (beautiful, dinky, fetching, fine, good, good-looking, handsome, lovely, nice, nice-looking, pretty), Spanish (affable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightful, fair, fine, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovely, lustrous, nice, pretty).

Qué bonito es querer (1963)

¡Qué bonito amor! (1959)

Macaco Feio... Macaco Bonito (1929)

La Historia de un caballo que era bien bonito (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Fresh or Chilled Tuna, Skipjack, and Stripe-Bellied Bonito Excluding Livers and Roes: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Bridge to Bonito Island (reference)

• Bueno, Bonito y Barato (reference)

• El huevo más bonito del mundo / The Most Wonderful Egg in the World (reference)

• El lugar más bonito del mundo (reference)

• El Lugar Mas Bonito Del Mundo [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Jefe Y Su Grupo El, 25 Años, La Tumba Sera El Final - Entre Copa Y Copa -Tu Retrato Bonito (reference)

• Palo Bonito (reference)

• Que Bonito Es Casi Todo (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The record bonito, Tuna Club 1908, caught with rod and reel. This fish, which weighed 22 pounds, fought for more than an hour. Note angler's belt with socket for rod butt. In: "Sport Fishing in California and Florida," by Charles F. Holder. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVIII 1908, Part I, p. 207 Plate II. Credit: Fisheries.

Plate 92. The Frigate Mackerel. Auxis thazard, Lacepede. The Bonito. Sarda mediterranea (Schn.), J. & G. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Plate 95B. The Striped or Oceanic Bonito. Euthynnus pelamys (L.), Lutken. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Boy Scouts volunteering to pick apples from Rio Bonito area of Ft. Stanton, Roswell, NM. Apples are taken into Roswell and distributed to homeless and food kitchens. Credit: H. Parman.

Last cattle drive of the millennium 1999, from the Rio Bonito Tract, Roswell FO, NM. Credit: H. Parman.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "bonito": Atlantic bonito ♦ belted bonito ♦ bonito shark ♦ Chile bonito ♦ chilean bonito ♦ oceanic bonito ♦ Pacific bonito. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

Тон. (various references)

Chinese 

鰹 , 东方狐鲣. (various references)

Danish

bugstribet bonit (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), ustribet pelamide (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito). (various references)

Dutch

bonito (oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna), skipjack (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), ongestreepte bonito (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito), listao (oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna), gestreepte tonijn (oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna), gestreepte bonito (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Finnish

boniitti (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), juovaton sarda (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito). (various references)

French

bonites, bariole (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito), bonite à ventre rayé (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito), bonite grosyeux (plain bonito), bonite orientale (plain bonito, striped bonito), bonite vraie (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito), LA Euthynnus pelamys (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito), Thynnus pelamys (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito), listao (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito), \BOP (plain bonito), maquereau unicolore (plain bonito), pélamide, palomète (plain bonito), thon rouge du Nord (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito), \SKJ (oceanic bonito, stripe-bellied bonito), Katsuwonus pelamis (oceanic bonito, stripe bellied bonito). (various references)

German

Bonito (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), Bauchstreifiger Bonito (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), Ungestreifte Pelamide (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito), roter Thun (Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic tuna, bluefin tuna, common tunny, Northern bluefin tuna, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna, tuna, tunny), Gestreifter Thunfisch (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), Echter Bonito (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Greek 

παλαμίδα (short finned tunny). (various references)

Hebrew 

פלמודה. (various references)

Hungarian

makréla (mackerel). (various references)

Italian

tonno rosso (Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic tuna, bluefin tuna, common tunny, Northern bluefin tuna, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna, tuna, tunny), tonno (tuna, tuna-fish, tunny), tonnetto striato (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), palamita bianca (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito), listao (oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鰹 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かつお. (various references)

Korean 

가다랭이. (various references)

Pig Latin

onitobay.(various references)

Portuguese

bonito-dente de cao (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito), bonito dente-de-cão (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito), bonito de barriga listada (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), sarda (freckle, lentigo), palmeta (quoin), gaiado (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe bellied bonito, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), atum rabilho (Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic tuna, bluefin tuna, common tunny, Northern bluefin tuna, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna, tuna, tunny). (various references)

Spanish

bonito de altura (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), serrucho (hand saw, handsaw, saw), palomida (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), listado (barred, list, listing, striped), conejo (Coney, cony, cotton-tail, rabbit), casarte ojón (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito), atún rojo (Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic tuna, bluefin, bluefin tuna, common tunny, Northern bluefin tuna, oceanic bonito, skipjack, stripe bellied bonito, striped tuna, tuna, tunny). (various references)

Swedish

bonit (oceanic bonito, skipjack, skipjack tuna, stripe-bellied bonito, striped tuna), blank pelamid (dog-tooth tuna, plain bonito). (various references)

Turkish

Palamut (acorn, horse mackarel, mast, valonia). (various references)

Ukrainian

Скумбрія. (various references)

Euthynnus pelamis, Katsuwonus pelamis, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus), Orcynopsis unicolor, Orcynopsis unicolor (Geoffroy St.-Hilaire), Pelamys bonapartei, Sarda sarda bloch, Sarda unicolor, Thynnus pelamys. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bonito": bonitoes, bonitos. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bonito" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: banit, benit, benito, Benneton, Bentii, Bodnath, Boiko, Boito, Bonino, Boniti, bonitox, Bonitta, bonity, Bonitz, Bonnyton, bonobo, Bontecou, bonto, bonton, Bonutto, Bonytt, borito, bronto, bunto, onigo, Roniti. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: biont.

-2 letters: bint, boon, boot, into, obit, onto, toon.

-3 letters: bin, bio, bit, boo, bot, ion, nib, nit, nob, noo, not, obi, oot, tin, ton, too.

-4 letters: bi, bo, in, it, no, on, ti, to.

+1 letter: biotron, bonitos, booting, eobiont.

+2 letters: abortion, biotoxin, biotrons, boltonia, bongoist, bonitoes, boosting, eobionts, lobation, oblation, tabooing.

+3 letters: abolition, abortions, bandicoot, biotoxins, boltonias, bongoists, bottoming, coenobite, lobations, objection, oblations, obtrusion, obviation, outboxing, probation, rebooting.

+4 letters: abolitions, abominator, abrogation, absolution, absorption, balloonist, bandicoots, bassoonist, besoothing, bilocation, biocontrol, bloodstain, bloviation, boycotting, coenobites, cohobating, combustion, embonpoint, endobiotic, geobotanic, immunoblot, lobulation, objections, obligation, obsoleting, obtrusions, obturation, obviations, potboiling, probations, robotizing, tourbillon, trombonist, xenobiotic.