Pacific bonito
- noun
- /pəˈsɪfɪk bəˈniːtoʊ/
- Specialized
:
bonito del Pacífico
- The chef prepared a delicious dish using Pacific bonito, highlighting its rich, oily flavor.
Examples
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Sightings records (1963-88) for the Santa Barbara Channel and Islands areas indicate that the summer-to-winter period has a greater abundance of northern anchovy, jack mackerel, and Pacific bonito.
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Pacific bonito were absent from February to May, with a substantial increase in abundance noted in August (Table 1).
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and Pacific bonito in greater frequency and abundance during the day.
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GRAPH: Figure 4a. Pacific bonito sightings of school or school groups, 1966-69.
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In some years, the fishing season for Pacific bonito extends into February or March. The abundance levels of each species of interest are reviewed in the following section by monthly periods before and after the January 1969 oil spill.
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Information is given regarding total tonnage observed by month for Pacific bonito, northern anchovy, and jack mackerel (Table 1).
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After the oil spill, Pacific bonito were not observed, but they were again observed in increased abundance in July/August 1969, about the same months as initially observed in 1968.
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GRAPH: Figure 8. Trend of abundance in T/BAF for Pacific bonito (day index) in Zones C and D, 1966-72.
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Zones having considerable crude oil release are included in the core areas for Pacific sardine, northern anchovy, Pacific mackerel, Pacific bonito, and jack mackerel.
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During our fishing trip, we caught several Pacific bonito that we planned to can for later consumption.
Synonyms
A small fish like tuna from the Pacific coast that people eat from cans
A fish from the Pacific coast with dark oily flesh often used for canning
A fish from the Pacific coast with dark oily flesh used for canning
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — a bonito (fish) associated with the Pacific Ocean — is directly and compositionally derived from 'Pacific' (pertaining to the Pacific) + 'bonito' (a fish). This straightforward place+noun combination is cross-linguistically common and easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Pacific bonito takes its name from Pacific, the ocean where it lives, and the Spanish word bonito, which means 'pretty' and is used for small, striped tunas. Fishermen named this fast, dark-fleshed fish for its stripes and where it lives, so the name simply points to the bonito found in the Pacific and often used for canning.
