1. (

• bonito

) flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna ;

2. (

• bonito ,
• oceanic_bonito ,
• Katsuwonus_pelamis

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

3. (

• bonito ,

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