largemouth bass
[
lahrj
-mouth
bas
]
/ˈlɑrdʒˌmaʊθ ˈbæs/
noun
1.
a North American freshwater game fish,
Micropterus salmoides,
having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body.
Compare
smallmouth bass
.
Also,
large-mouth bass
.
Origin
1875-80,
Americanism;
large
+
mouth
British Dictionary definitions for
largemouth bass
largemouth bass
/
ˈlɑːdʒˌmaʊθ ˈbæs
/
noun
1.
a common North American freshwater black bass,
Micropterus salmoides:
a popular game fish