"bonito" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bonito.wav [US] Forms: bonito [plural], bonitos [plural], bonitoes [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtəʊ Etymology: From Spanish bonito, from Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|bonito}} Spanish bonito, {{der|en|ar|بَيْنِيت}} Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt) Head templates: {{en-noun|bonito|s|bonitoes}} bonito (plural bonito or bonitos or bonitoes)
  1. Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna. Translations (fish of Sarda): ἀμία (amía) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), паламуд (palamud) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bonítol [masculine] (Catalan), sarda (Finnish), sardino [masculine] (Galician), Bonito [masculine] (German), παλαμίδα (palamída) [feminine] (Greek), bonito (Indonesian), palamita [feminine] (Italian), (Japanese), カツオ (katsuo) (note: commonly written in katakana or kanji) (alt: かつお) (Japanese), پالامود (palamud) (Ottoman Turkish), پچوطه (peçuta) (Ottoman Turkish), bonită [feminine] (Romanian), pălămidă [feminine] (Romanian), sarda (Spanish), torik (Turkish), palamut (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bonito-en-noun-NCl2L9R8 Disambiguation of 'fish of Sarda': 35 26 22 16
  2. A large tropical fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna), allied to the tunny. Categories (lifeform): Jackfish, Percoid fish, Scombroids
    Sense id: en-bonito-en-noun-7dIq~p7r Disambiguation of Jackfish: 19 40 24 17 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 22 35 25 18 Disambiguation of Scombroids: 23 37 23 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 57 20 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 44 25 17
  3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
    Sense id: en-bonito-en-noun-ThhOH6Ct
  4. The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.
    Sense id: en-bonito-en-noun-urIV7SBk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Australian bonito (taxonomic: Sarda australis), Eastern Pacific bonito (taxonomic: Sarda chiliensis chiliensis), Pacific bonito (taxonomic: Sarda chiliensis lineolata), striped bonito (taxonomic: Sarda orientalis), Atlantic bonito (taxonomic: Sarda sarda), leaping bonito (taxonomic: Cybiosarda elegans), plain bonito (taxonomic: Orcynopsis unicolor), large bonito (taxonomic: Katsuwonus pelamis) Related terms: skipjack, tunny

Inflected forms

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fish of Sarda",
      "word": "palamut"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "bonito"
  ],
  "word": "bonito"
}

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