bonito

bonito is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
4. noun. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.
5. noun. any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
6. noun. fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
7. noun. flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna

Common word forms

bonitos, bonitoes

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