black bass (b s)n. Any of several North American freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus, such as the largemouth and smallmouth bass. |
black bass [bæs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several predatory North American percoid freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus: family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc.)
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| Noun | 1. |  black bass - bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United Statessea bass - any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin Centropristis, genus Centropristis - sea basses |
| 2. | black bass - widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family) centrarchid, sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed genus Micropterus, Micropterus - American freshwater black basses Micropterus dolomieu, smallmouth, smallmouth black bass, smallmouthed bass, smallmouthed black bass, smallmouth bass - a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye largemouth black bass, largemouthed bass, largemouthed black bass, Micropterus salmoides, largemouth, largemouth bass - a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye |
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