striper

Other forms: stripers

Definitions of striper

1. noun

   a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service
   “he's a four-striper”

   type of:

   man, military man, military personnel, serviceman

   someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
2. noun

   marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
   synonyms: Roccus saxatilis, rockfish, striped 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
3. noun

   caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
   synonyms: striped bass

   type of:

   bass, sea bass

   the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae