Crossword-Solution: BONITO 6 letters, 39 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word Word Type Definition
Bonito n. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes
on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.
Bonito n. The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an
important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and
(S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are
large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.
Bonito n. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the
southern of the United States and the West Indies.
Bonito n. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of
the Middle and Southern United States.

We have 39 clues for the answer “BONITO”

Clue Answers
Game and food fish 1 answer
Relative of the tuna 1 answer
Pretty, in Panama City 1 answer
Skipjack tuna 1 answer
Tuna relative 1 answer
Tuna's cousin 1 answer
Tuna's smaller relative 1 answer
Tuna-like game fish 1 answer
Mackerel family fish 1 answer
Mackerel cousin 1 answer
___ flakes (okonomiyaki topping) 1 answer
Frigate mackerel's kin 1 answer
Food fish related to the tuna 1 answer
Fish whose name comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word for "pretty" 1 answer
Fish in the tuna family 1 answer
Fish aka skipjack 1 answer
Beautiful, in Barcelona 1 answer
fish mackerel like 1 answer
fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery 1 answer
small tunny-like marine food fish 1 answer
LARGE mackerel-like fish 2 answers
Mackerel family member 2 answers
Mackerel relative 3 answers
like mackerel 3 answers
mackerel like 3 answers
Mackerel's relative 3 answers
Mackerel's cousin 3 answers
Mackerel kin 3 answers
Skipjack 5 answers
SCOMBROID fish 6 answers
Mackerel-like fish 6 answers
mackerel like fish 7 answers
Kind of shark 9 answers
ALBACORE KIN 11 answers
game-fish 11 answers
Game fish 26 answers
teleost 29 answers
marine fish 43 answers
Food fish 100 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BONITO (5)

Now came a sword-fish chasing a bonito; and the poor thing, seeking help and friends, took refuge under the rudder.
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Mark Twain 2001
There are sundry other fish very delicate, namely, the bonito, lobsters, turbot, with others infinite not sought after; oysters having pearl but not orient in colour; I took it, by reason they were not gathered in season.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland Edward Hayes 2006
Then the little chief said to me, 'Let these my men walk where they list, and I will go with thee to Mataveri and talk with the chief.' "So the sailors came out of the boats carrying their guns and swords in their hands, but the little chief, whose AVAGUTU (moustache) stuck out on each side of his face like the wings of a flying-fish when it leaps in terror from the mouth of the hungry bonito, spoke angrily, and they laid their guns and swords back in the boats.
By Reef and Palm Louis Becke 2003
His father had been a fisherman before him, and his skill had more than doubly descended to his son, for Urashima was the most skillful fisher in all that country side, and could catch more Bonito and Tai in a day than his comrades could in a week.
Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki 2001
May I ask you to be so kind as to inquire of all your subjects if any of them have seen a fishing hook lost in the sea?” “Certainly,” said the obliging Sea King, “I will immediately summon them all here and ask them.” As soon as he had issued his command, the octopus, the cuttlefish, the bonito, the oxtail fish, the eel, the jelly fish, the shrimp, and the plaice, and many other fishes of all kinds came in and sat down before Ryn Jin their King, and arranged themselves and their fins in order.
Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki 2001

Quotes with BONITO (1)

I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.
Masaharu Morimoto
Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY.

Used 45 times in crossword archives (1973–2025).