Chilean sea bass

[ chil-ey-uhn see bas ]

noun

1. a ray-finned fish, Dissostichus eleginoides, inhabiting the Southern Ocean and the southern waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans: a valuable food fish.

Chilean sea bass

noun

1. See Patagonian toothfish
   another name for Patagonian toothfish

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chilean sea bass¹

First recorded in 1980–85