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rock bass

[bas]
–noun
1. a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
2. striped bass.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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rock bass   (bās)   
n.  
  1. A freshwater food and game fish (Ambloplites rupestris) of eastern and central North America.

  2. Any of various similar or related fishes.

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