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bo⋅ni⋅to

  [buh-nee-toh]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -to, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -tos.
1. any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
2. any of several related species, as the skipjack, Euthynnus pelamis.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Sp < Ar bainīth
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bo·ni·to   (bə-nē'tō)   
n.   pl. bonito or bo·ni·tos
  1. Any of several marine food and game fishes of the genus Sarda, related to and resembling the tuna.
  2. Any of several similar fishes, such as the skipjack.

[Spanish, probably from bonito, pretty, diminutive of bueno, good, from Latin bonus, good; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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