black bass

/blæk beɪs/

Other forms: black basses

Definitions of black bass

1. noun

   bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
   synonyms: Centropistes striata, black sea bass

   type of:

   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
2. noun

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

   Kentucky black bass, Micropterus pseudoplites, spotted black bass

   a variety of black bass

   Micropterus dolomieu, smallmouth, smallmouth bass, smallmouth black bass, smallmouthed bass, smallmouthed black bass

   a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye

   Micropterus salmoides, largemouth, largemouth bass, largemouth black bass, largemouthed bass, largemouthed black bass

   a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye

   type of:

   centrarchid, sunfish

   small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed