English noun: bonito |
1. | bonito (food) flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tuna, tuna fish, tunny |
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| Part meronym | bonito |
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2. | bonito (animal) fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna |
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| Synonyms | Katsuwonus pelamis, oceanic bonito |
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| Broader (hypernym) | scombroid, scombroid fish |
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| Member meronym | genus Katsuwonus, Katsuwonus |
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3. | bonito (animal) any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas |
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| Broader (hypernym) | scombroid, scombroid fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Atlantic bonito, Chile bonito, Chilean bonito, Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis, Sarda sarda, skipjack |
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| Part holonym | bonito |
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| Member meronym | genus Sarda, Sarda |
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