Definitions for black bassbæs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

black′ bass′bæs(n.)

  1. any freshwater American game fish of the genus Micropterus.

    Category: Ichthyology

Origin of black bass:

1805–15

Princeton's WordNet

  1. black sea bass, black bass, Centropistes striata(noun)

    bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States

  2. black bass(noun)

    widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)

Webster Dictionary

  1. Black bass(u)

    an edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides

  2. Black bass(u)

    the sea bass. See Blackfish, 3


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