| Noun | 1. | freshwater bass - any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)freshwater bass - North American food and game fish freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food largemouth bass - flesh of largemouth bass smallmouth bass - flesh of smallmouth bass |
| 2. | freshwater bass - North American food and game fish Centrarchidae, family Centrarchidae - sunfish family bass - nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes freshwater bass, bass - any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) |