noun
medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
• Syn: ↑skipjack, ↑Sarda sarda
• Hypernyms: ↑bonito
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sarda, ↑genus Sarda
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: an oily-fleshed bonito (Sarda sarda) of the western Atlantic that is marked with oblique dark stripes, is highly regarded as a sport fish, but is little used for food — compare chile bonito, pacific bonito
Useful english dictionary. 2012.