Definitions for bonitos

bonitos bo·ni·to

Spelling: [buh-nee-toh]
IPA: /bəˈni toʊ/

Bonitos is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in bonitos (binoost).

Definitions for bonitos

noun

  1. any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. any of several related species, as the skipjack, Euthynnus pelamis.

Origin of bonitos

1590-1600; Spanish Arabic bainīth

Examples for bonitos

They had not long to wait before a bonito came gambolling by.

The Dutch gunner appeared on the forecastle of the bonito, and with him a couple of men.

Was it true that a new schoolhouse was going to be built on bonito?

What is that white lady doing with that handful of ginseng roots and bonito flakes?

The bend was named by Beaman "bonito," and in the morning he made a number of views.

The bonito is also a fast swimmer; and all those fishes "trimmed" in like fashion with him.

An oceanic fish, well-known as the bonito or horse-mackerel.

Come now, my good fellows, New Sestros is my flagship, as the bonito is yours!

The bonito was a large vessel, built for stowage rather than speed.

The news had just arrived when the bonito entered the port, and the town was in a ferment.

Word Value for bonitos
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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