bonito
bonito Lexical Profile
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• noun
The flesh of the bonito fish, frequently dried, fermented, and smoked into hard blocks which are then shaved into thin flakes (katsuobushi) used extensively in Japanese cuisine to make dashi broth.
"She carefully sprinkled a handful of dried bonito over the hot takoyaki, watching the delicate flakes curl and dance in the rising steam."
A medium-sized, predatory marine fish of the family Scombridae, closely related to tunas and mackerels, found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide and typically characterized by dark stripes.
"The charter boat captain expertly guided the anglers as they reeled in a large, fighting bonito from the offshore waters."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into English in the late 16th century from Spanish 'bonito' (meaning 'pretty' or 'good'), which is a diminutive of 'bueno', ultimately derived from the Latin 'bonus'.
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