ATLANTIC BONITO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atlantic bonito mean? 

• ATLANTIC BONITO (noun)
  The noun ATLANTIC BONITO has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

  Familiarity information: ATLANTIC BONITO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATLANTIC BONITO (noun)

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Meaning:

Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda; skipjack

Hypernyms ("Atlantic bonito" is a kind of...):

bonito (any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas)

Holonyms ("Atlantic bonito" is a member of...):

genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)