bonito
(noun)
noun
1. flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna
Definition categories: food, tuna, tunny
2. fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
Definition categories: animal, scombroid
3. any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas