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Chile bonito

noun
variants: or less commonly chilean bonito

Definition of Chile bonito 

: a common bonito (Sarda chiliensis) of the Pacific coast of the Americas being metallic blue above and silvery below with dark oily flesh that cans especially well — compare atlantic bonito

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