Definition of Bonito shark

1. Noun. Common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish.

Exact synonyms: Blue Pointed, Isurus Glaucus
Generic synonyms: Mako, Mako Shark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonito Shark

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boninesses
boning
boning up
bonings
bonism
bonisms
bonist
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bonita
bonitary
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bonito
bonito shark (current term)
bonitoes
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bonjour
bonjoured
bonjouring
bonkbusters
bonkbusting
bonked
bonker
bonkers
bonkersdom

Literary usage of Bonito shark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recreations of a Sportsman on the Pacific Coast by Charles Frederick Holder (1910)
"I have seen a six-foot bonito shark sailing among a fleet of launches, eying the bait ... The bonito shark, when it attains a length of eight or more feet, ..."

2. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"... Harbor with a g-ounce rod, g-thread line. This shark leaps, and affords excellent sport. Fish bait of any kind. Hammerhead shark and bonito shark ..."

3. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"... fierce bonito shark, surged forward and attempted to seize his arm, just missing it but tearing his shirt-sleeve into ..."

4. Big Game at Sea by Charles Frederick. Holder (1908)
"... .100 The Puff Shark of California and Its Eggs . . .118 The Rose of Paradise Fish 118 A Catalina Sculpin 138 Home of the Sea Urchin 138 bonito shark, ..."

5. Wild Life in Southern Seasby Louis Becke by Louis Becke (1897)
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