rock bass
[bas]
/bæs/
noun
1.
a game fish,
Ambloplites rupestris,
of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
2.
striped bass
.
Origin
1805-15,
Americanism
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