n.
Pronunciation: b ə - ' n ē -( ˌ )t ō , - ' n ē -t ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tos or -to
Etymology: Spanish, from bonito pretty, diminutive of bueno good, from Latin bonus
Date: 1565
: any of several scombroid fishes (esp. genera Sarda and Euthynnus ) intermediate between the smaller mackerels and the larger tunas