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bonito 音标拼音: [bən'ito] n. 鲣 鲣 bonito n 1: flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna 2: fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna [ synonym: { bonito}, { oceanic bonito}, { Katsuwonus pelamis}] 3: any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunasBonito \ Bo* ni" to\ ( b[- o]* n[= e]" t[- o]), n.; pl. { Bonitoes} (- t[- o] z). [ Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bain[ imac] t and bain[ imac] th.] [ Often incorrectly written { bonita}.] ( Zool.) 1. A large tropical fish ({ Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. [ 1913 Webster] 2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera { Sarda} or { Euthynnus}, with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to the { skipjack tuna} ({ Euthynnus pelamis}, syn. { Katsuwonus pelamis}, formerly { Sarda Mediterranea}, also called { skipjack}) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and ({ Sarda Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and other related species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes. -- MW10 [ 1913 Webster PJC] 3. The medregal ({ Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the southern part of the United States and the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The cobia or crab eater ({ Elacate canada}), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster]
Cobia \ Co" bi* a\, n. ( Zool.) An oceanic fish of large size ({ Elacate canada}); the crabeater; -- called also { bonito}, { cubbyyew}, { coalfish}, and { sergeant fish}. [ 1913 Webster]
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