rock bass
[ bas ]
noun
a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
Origin of rock bass
1An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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British Dictionary definitions for rock bass
rock bass
/ (bæs) /
noun
a North American freshwater percoid fish, Ambloplites rupestris : an important food fish; family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
any similar or related fish
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