Bo`na*ci" (?), n. [Amer. Sp.
bonasí, prob. from native name.] (Zool.)
(a)
A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci)
of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called
also aguaji and, in Florida, black grouper.
(b)
Also, any one of several other similar
fishes.
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