Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

bonito

Pronunciation: /bəˈniːtəʊ/
Definition of bonito

noun (plural bonitos)

  • a small tuna with dark oblique stripes on the back, important as a food and game fish.
    • Sarda and related genera, family Scombridae: several species
  • another term for skipjack (sense 1).

Origin:

late 16th century: from Spanish

bonito in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of bonito in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

enjambement

/ ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt /
noun
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause …