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white bass

[bas]
–noun
an edible freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage, silvery with yellow below and having the sides streaked with blackish lines.
Also called silver bass.


Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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white bass   (bās)   
n.  A North American freshwater food fish (Morone chrysops) having a silvery color and blackish stripes on each side.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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