PACIFIC BONITO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pacific bonito mean? 

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

1. common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACIFIC BONITO (noun)

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Meaning:

Common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chile bonito; Chilean bonito; Pacific bonito; Sarda chiliensis

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

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

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

genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)