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Meanings of bonito in English

Fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna.

Usage of bonito in English
1
They had not long to wait before a bonito came gambolling by.
The South Sea Whaler
2
The relationship is underpinned by Japanese tuna and bonito fishing in Tuvaluan waters.
Radio NZ
3
An entire publicity campaign was built around him, the embodiment of jogo bonito.
The Guardian
4
Elena and Juan Mari admire bonito at a fish stall in La Bretxa market.
The Guardian
5
But the line came in too easily; the hook picked clean of the bonito.
BBC
6
Providence next befriended the shipwrecked sailors: they got the bonito.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
7
Louise Thornley hauls her gifted bonito out from the lagoon.
Radio NZ
8
The fish caught are principally sardines, bonito, smelts and sprats.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
9
Contemporary Japanese households will often just used dried bonito flakes or bonito fish stock powder.
Reuters
10
Providence protected the poor bonito from the cruel sword-fish.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
11
It will be harder to eat than the bonito.
The old man and the sea
12
That was it for the day, except for two or three small dolphin and another bonito.
All the way
13
Turn off the heat and let stand for 2 minutes to allow the bonito flakes to settle.
The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf...
14
There's a Portuguese phrase you'll be hearing a lot over the next few months: o jogo bonito.
BBC
15
Volatile components obtained from dried bonito were fractionated and the fractions were subjected to two-bottle choice test.
Pubmed
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The bonito is a coarser fish, and only becomes tolerable eating by the copious use of port-wine.
The Lieutenant and Commander / Being Autobigraphical Sketches of...
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