rock bass

[ bas ]

noun
  1. a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.

Origin of rock bass

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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British Dictionary definitions for rock bass

rock bass

/ (bæs) /


noun
  1. a North American freshwater percoid fish, Ambloplites rupestris : an important food fish; family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)

  2. any similar or related fish

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