bonitos

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of bonito.
  bonito

  noun

  any mackerel-like fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.

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bonitos

Here the larger pelagic fish, the barracuda, bonitos and sharks, patrol.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012

Fisherman's contention: though Truman was photographed, while President, in various Izaak Walton poses with grouper, bonitos, barracuda and king salmon, "there is no concrete evidence that he actually caught any of them."

From Time Magazine Archive

Here we saw devil-fish, dolphins, bonitos, flying-fish, ocean mullet, crabs, and a great variety of sea-mosses which the natives dry and eat with their poi.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Maturin Murray Ballou

Their chief fish are bonitos, snooks, cavallies, breams, and mullets; and they have abundance of sea-tortoises; and the island has many harbours, creeks, and rivers.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr

“Could your eyes pierce through the surface, you would see some savage bonitos or dolphins pursuing the hapless fish who visit the air, not for amusement, but in the hopes of escaping from their persecutors.”

From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by William Henry Giles Kingston

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