black bass
[bas]
/bæs/
noun
1.
any freshwater American game fish of the genus
Micropterus.
Compare
largemouth bass
,
smallmouth bass
.
Origin
1805-15
British Dictionary definitions for
black bass
black bass
/
bæs
/
noun
1.
any of several predatory North American percoid freshwater game fishes of the genus
Micropterus
: family
Centrarchidae
(sunfishes, etc)