OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13315

bonito

Meanings (ES + gloss)
bonito
Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller.
Mr Scott, the chief mate, being a capital fisherman, the table was almost daily furnished with an albacore, bonito, or dolphin, and not unfrequently with all three, which he struck…