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noun

Black bass n. (Zool.)

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

The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Black bass" Quotes from Famous Books

... this continent who can afford to idle. It is a shallow lake, upon the American side stretching out into what are known as the "Flats," a vast area of wild rice with deep blue waterways through them, the haunt of the pickerel and black bass and of duck and wild geese. Upon the Canadian side, the Thames River comes through the lowlands, a deep and reed-fringed stream to contribute to the lake's pure waters. It was upon the banks of this stream, a little way from the lake, that the great Indian, Tecumseh, fought his ...

— The Wolf's Long Howl • Stanley Waterloo

... mouthed, shifty, kind of man, 'bout as cynical lookin' in the face as a black bass, and full of wind as a toad fish. I exchanged drinks for principles of socialism, and doin' so happened to display my roll. Murdock slipped away and made talk with a friend, then, when Heegan had left, he steers me out the back way into an alley. ...

— Pardners • Rex Beach

Words linked to "Black bass" : smallmouthed black bass, Kentucky black bass, black sea bass, genus Centropristis, Micropterus dolomieu, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, smallmouthed bass, centrarchid, smallmouth, largemouthed bass, Centropristis, Micropterus, largemouth black bass, sunfish, Centropistes striata, Micropterus salmoides, sea bass, largemouth, genus Micropterus