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black bass
(băs)n.
Any of several North American freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus, including the largemouth and smallmouth bass.
black bass
(bæs)n
(Animals) any of several predatory North American percoid freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus: family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
black′ bass′
(bæs)n.
any freshwater American game fish of the genus Micropterus.
[1805–15]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() sea 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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