Meaning of SEA BASS
| Pronunciation: | | see bas
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- [n] any of various food and sport fishes of the United States Atlantic coast having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
- [n] the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
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| | Synonyms: | | bass |
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| | See Also: | | bass, belted sandfish, black bass, black sea bass, blackmouth bass, Centropistes striata, Centropristis philadelphica, family Serranidae, food fish, grouper, Polyprion americanus, Roccus saxatilis, rock bass, rock sea bass, rockfish, saltwater fish, sea bass, sea bass, serranid, serranid fish, Serranidae, Serranus subligarius, stone bass, striped bass, striped bass, striper, striper, Synagrops bellus, wreckfish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, or Centropristis,
atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the
United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and
more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.
Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},
{blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.
(b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called
also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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