largemouth bass

American  

[lahrj-mouth bas] / ˈlɑrdʒˌmaʊθ ˈbæs /

Or large-mouth bass

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.

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largemouth bass British  

/ ˈlɑːdʒˌmaʊθ ˈbæs /

noun

1. a common North American freshwater black bass, Micropterus salmoides: a popular game fish

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Etymology

Origin of largemouth bass

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; large + mouth

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Example Sentences

There is also a free minigolf course on the main lawn, where children can putt from the mouth of a largemouth bass.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In Lake Sammamish, it lists largemouth bass and northern pikeminnow and in Lake Meridian, the warning covers smallmouth bass and northern pikeminnow.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

But now the species faces a new threat: non-native largemouth bass — a voracious predator of humpback chub — who thrive in the warmer water that's being released from the diminished reservoir.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022

A buffalo head tops the fireplace, and at the center of the voluminous space, there’s an 8,700-gallon freshwater aquarium stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, carp, gar, perch and crappie.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022

I caught and released some largemouth bass and a batch of bluegills in the pond shortly after it was built.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George