英和和英

語源

Borrowed from Spanish bonito.

発音

• IPA: /bəˈniːtoʊ/, /bəˈniːtə/
• 韻: -iːtəʊ

名詞

bonito (plural bonito or bonitos or bonitoes)

1. Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller. [from 16th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:

     Mr Scott, the chief mate, being a capital fisherman, the table was almost daily furnished with an albacore, bonito, or dolphin, and not unfrequently with all three, which he struck with a gig.

2. A large tropical fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna), allied to the tunny.
   • 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times‎:

     Making dashi is simple once you have katsuobushi (shaved, dried bonito flakes) and kombu (sea kelp), which have become increasingly easy to find across the United States. (You can also order them online.)

3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern United States and the West Indies.
4. The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.

派生語

参考

• skipjack
• tunny