bonito

English Thesaurus

1. any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	scombroid, scombroid fish,
definition	:	important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	atlantic bonito, sarda sarda, skipjack,
definition	:	medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	chile bonito, chilean bonito, pacific bonito, sarda chiliensis,
definition	:	common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	bonito,
definition	:	flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus sarda, sarda,
definition	:	bonitos (noun.animal)

2. fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	scombroid, scombroid fish,
definition	:	important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus katsuwonus, katsuwonus,
definition	:	oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae (noun.animal)

3. flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna (noun.food)

hypernym	:	tuna, tuna fish, tunny,
definition	:	important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks (noun.food)

part meronym	:	bonito,
definition	:	any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas (noun.animal)