Crossword-Solution: BONITO
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).