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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bonito \Bo*ni"to\, n.; pl {Bonitoes}. [Sp. & Pg bonito, fr Ar bain[=i]t and bain[=i]th.] [Often incorrectly written {bonita}.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. A large tropical fish ({Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. 2. The skipjack ({Sarda Mediterranea}) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and ({S. Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes. 3. The medregal ({Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies. 4. The cobia or crab eater ({Elacate canada}), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish}, and {sergeant fish}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bonito n 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 [syn: {oceanic bonito}, {Katsuwonus pelamis}] 3: any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
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