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Calico bass

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calico bass

  [bas]
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–noun
the black crappie.
See under crappie.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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black crappie  
n.  An edible North American sunfish (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) having dark mottled coloring. Also called calico bass, strawberry bass.
calico bass  
n.  See black crappie.

[From the colored spots on its body.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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