white bass
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.
Origin of white bass
1- Also called silver bass.
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How to use white bass in a sentence
In those little lonely lakes you get the finest black and white bass, beauties and so gamy.
The Man From Glengarry | Ralph ConnorThe yellow-bass might be called a cousin of the white-bass, though it belongs to a different genus.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander HenshallOnly two species of the family inhabit fresh water,—the white-bass and the yellow-bass.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander HenshallIt is partial to the same character of food as the white-bass, small minnows constituting the greater part.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander Henshallwhite bass are common in many reservoirs of Kansas and Oklahoma and have been taken in rivers in both states.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. Metcalf
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