[buh-nee-toh] 
) -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. |
| bo·ni·to (bə-nē'tō) n. pl. bonito or bo·ni·tos
[Spanish, probably from bonito, pretty, diminutive of bueno, good, from Latin bonus, good; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots.] |